Play It Cool

Mar 1, 1962

1h 22m

★ 5.9

Twist Vs. Swing!

Overview

A struggling singer and his band befriend an heiress who, against the wishes of her father, is searching for the lover who she has been forbidden to see and with whom she is hoping to elope.

Genres

Music

Drama

Production Companies

Lynx Films Ltd.

Coronado Productions

Independent Artists

Play It Cool Trailers

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Cast

Billy Universe

Billy Fury

Alvin

Michael Anderson Jr.

Sir Charles Bryant

Dennis Price

Nervous Man

Richard Wattis

Ann Bryant

Anna Palk

Larry Granger

Maurice Kaufmann

Freddy

Ray Brooks

Joey

Jeremy Bulloch

Ring-a-Ding

Keith Hamshere

Skinner

Peter Barkworth

Lotus Proprietor

Max Bacon

Horace - Beatnik Man

Monte Landis

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