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Expresso Bongo (1959)Johnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Despite Bert's protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, Johnny ... See full summary » Director:Val Guest |
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Title: Expresso Bongo (1959)
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Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards.
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Johnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent, 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 cut, however, is highly exploitative of the young singer, and their relationship soon begins to go bad. Written by George S. Davis <mgeorges@prodigy.net>
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Laurence Harvey in an outstanding and different motion picture that takes you into a world of burlesque houses .. jazz dens ... and flesh-and-blood people!Parents Guide:
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18 May 1960 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
A Singing Idol See more »Company Credits
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(instrumental)
Music by Norrie Paramor
Performed by Hank B. Marvin, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris, Tony Meehan and Cliff Richard
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Laurence Harvey said that he based his character's accent on writer Wolf Mankowitz. See more »Soundtracks
"Bongo Blues"(instrumental)
Music by Norrie Paramor
Performed by Hank B. Marvin, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris, Tony Meehan and Cliff Richard
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Harvey's performance is akin to Cary Grant in His girl Friday which I term "Cary Grant unleashed" Like Grant, Harvey takes his character and far from overacting rather sets the screen on fire. As for the movie itself,it lags when Harvey is not on the screen and it needs another actress in the Dixie roll who can somehow match Harvey. Dixie drags down the last third of the film. For the legions who deem Harvey's career as a series of zombie-like performances, Bongo turns that opinion on it's ear. Cliff Richard does a good job in his first screen roll. Beware of the current DVD release. It does not have several musical numbers and this greatly mars the movie.