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Expresso Bongo (1959) Sleazy talent agent Johnny Jackson discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Despite

Expresso Bongo (1959)

Sleazy talent agent Johnny Jackson discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Despite Bert's protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, Johnny starts him on the road to stardom. The deal they c...

Cast:
Johnny Jackson: Laurence Harvey
Maisie King: Sylvia Syms
Dixie Collins: Yolande Donlan
Bert Rudge: Cliff Richard
Mayer: Meier Tzelniker
Lady Rosemary: Ambrosine Phillpotts
Leon: Eric Pohlmann
Gilbert Harding: Gilbert Harding
Penelope: Hermione Baddeley
Reverend Tobias Craven: Reginald Beckwith
Intime Girl - Dancer: Sylvia Steele
Slam Dance Crowd: Jack 'Kid' Berg
Autograph Seeker: Eddie Boyce
Mrs. Rudge: Avis Bunnage
Edna Rudge: Susan Burnet
Night Club Cleaner: Esma Cannon
A Psychiatrist: Patrick Cargill
TV Film Crew: Ernie Rice
Teenager: Rodney Dines
Intime Girl: Pamela Morris
Woman on Street: Mabel Etherington
Miss Collins' Chauffeur: Roy Everson
Policeman: Colin McKenzie
Girl: Sally Geeson
Intime Theatre Patron: Harry Van Engel
Charlie: Kenneth Griffith
Cynthia: Susan Hampshire
Press Photographer: Victor Harrington
Bass Guitarist in Beat Group: Jet Harris
Photographer at Reception: Philip Johns
Room Service Waiter: Gerry Judge
Alma: Katherine Keeton
Soho Youth: Burt Kwouk
Toastmaster: Copeland Lawrence
Mr. Rudge: Wilfrid Lawson
Woman Columnist: Patricia Lewis
Beast Burns: Barry Lowe
TV Van Crowd: Esme Smythe
Coffee Bar Patron: Terence Maidment
Sandwich Man: Wolf Mankowitz
Dancing Teen: Vicky Marshall
Lead Guitarist in Beat Group: Hank B. Marvin
Jack - Journalist: Jack McNaughton
Drummer in Beat Group: Tony Meehan
Kakky: Martin Miller
Cynthia's Boyfriend: Peter Myers
Dorchester Hotel Reception: John Timberlake
Drunk at Bar: Larry Noble
Secretary: Norma Parnell
Chinese Rose: Lisa Peake
Drusilla: Christine Phillips
Young Man: Geremy Phillips
Cafe Customer: Bess Rogers
Man in Street: Stan Simmons
Recording Engineer: Guy Standeven
Waiter at Reception: Emile Stemmler
Jukebox Delivery Man: Reg Thomason
Intime Theatre Barman: Joseph Tregonino
Sand Dance Patron: Jim Tyson
Photographer at Evening Reception: Robert Vossler
Rhythm Guitarist in Beat Group: Bruce Welch
Sand Dance Crowd: Stephen Zammit

Written by: Wolf Mankowitz, Julian More

Director: Val Guest

Production: Val Guest Productions

Release date: 11 Dec 1959
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