
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 17min
- Comedy, Music
- 21 Mar 1956 (USA)
- Movie
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Cast
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Bill Haley and the Comets | ... |
Bill Haley and His Comets
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Bill Haley | ... |
Bill Haley
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The Platters | ... |
The Platters
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Ernie Freeman Combo | ... |
Ernie Freeman Combo
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Tony Martinez and His Band | ... |
Tony Martinez and his Band
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Tony Martinez | ... |
Tony Martinez
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Freddie Bell | ... |
Freddie Bell
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Freddie Bell and the Bellboys | ... |
Freddie Bell and the Bellboys
(as Freddie Bell and His Bellboys)
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Alan Freed | ... |
Alan Freed
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Johnny Johnston | ... |
Steve Hollis
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Alix Talton | ... |
Corinne Talbot
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Lisa Gaye | ... |
Lisa Johns
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John Archer | ... |
Mike Dodd
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Henry Slate | ... |
Corny LaSalle
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Earl Barton | ... |
Jimmy Johns
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Eric Dolphy | ... |
Baritone Saxophonist
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Robert Banas | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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Franny Beecher | ... |
Franny Beecher - Bill Hailey and the Comets (uncredited)
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Lynette Bernay | ... |
Girl at Strawberry Springs Dance (uncredited)
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Gilbert Brady | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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Nikki Faustino Brady | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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Frankie Brent | ... |
Frankie Brent - Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (uncredited)
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Steve Carruthers | ... |
Club Patron (uncredited)
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George Christopherson | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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Russ Conti | ... |
Russ Conti - Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (uncredited)
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Marie Dixon | ... |
Young Woman in Audience (uncredited)
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Johnny Duncan | ... |
Prom Dancer (uncredited)
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Elaine DuPont | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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Peggy Gordon | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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Johnny Grande | ... |
Johnny Grande - Bill Hailey and the Comets (uncredited)
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Jean Harvey | ... |
Miss Mullen (uncredited)
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Ralph Jones | ... |
Ralph Jones - Bill Hailey and the Comets (uncredited)
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Jack Kane | ... |
Jack Kane - Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (uncredited)
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Chick Keeney | ... |
Chick Keeney - Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (uncredited)
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Joe Lanza | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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David Lynch | ... |
David Lynch - The Platters (uncredited)
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Ernie Maresca | ... |
Ernie (uncredited)
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Michael Mark | ... |
Mr. Gilflavin (uncredited)
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Jerry Mayo | ... |
Jerry Mayo - Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (uncredited)
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Sol Murgi | ... |
Technician (uncredited)
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Monty O'Grady | ... |
Club Patron (uncredited)
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Joe Palma | ... |
Waiter (uncredited)
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Michael Peterson | ... |
Dancer at Town Hall (uncredited)
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Murray Pollack | ... |
Club Patron (uncredited)
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Rudy Pompilli | ... |
Rudy Compilli - Bill Hailey and the Comets (uncredited)
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Herb Reed | ... |
Herb Reed - The Platters (uncredited)
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Al Rex | ... |
Al Rex - Bill Hailey and the Comets (uncredited)
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Paul Robi | ... |
Paul Robi - The Platters (uncredited)
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Jeffrey Sayre | ... |
Club Patron (uncredited)
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Bernard Sell | ... |
Club Patron (uncredited)
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Charles Sherlock | ... |
Technician (uncredited)
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Lennie Smith | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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Lou Southern | ... |
Boy at Strawberry Springs Dance (uncredited)
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Zola Taylor | ... |
Zola Taylor - The Platters (uncredited)
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Harry Tyler | ... |
Motel Operator (uncredited)
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Martha Wentworth | ... |
Miss Dunlap (uncredited)
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Tony Williams | ... |
Tony Williams - The Platters (uncredited)
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Billy Williamson | ... |
Billy Williamson - Bill Hailey and the Comets (uncredited)
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Freda Angela Wyckoff | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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Directed by
Fred F. Sears |
Written by
Robert E. Kent | ... | (story and screenplay) & |
James B. Gordon | ... | (story and screenplay) |
Produced by
Sam Katzman | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
Benjamin H. Kline | ... | director of photography (as Benj. H. Kline) |
Editing by
Saul A. Goodkind | ... | (as Saul A.Goodkind) |
Jack Ogilvie | ... | (as Jack W. Ogilvie) |
Art Direction by
Paul Palmentola |
Set Decoration by
Sidney Clifford |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gene Anderson Jr. | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
J.S. Westmoreland | ... | sound (as Josh Westmoreland) |
James Nelson | ... | sound effects editor (uncredited) |
Stunts
Kaye Wade | ... | stunt double (uncredited) |
Music Department
Fred Karger | ... | music supervisor |
Additional Crew
Earl Barton | ... | choreography |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Columbia Pictures (1956) (United States) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures of Canada (1956) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures Corporation (1956) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures of Argentina (1956) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Columbia Film (1956) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Kamera Film Aktieselskap (1956) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Columbia International Films (1956) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- RCA/Columbia-Hoyts Home Video (1990) (Australia) (video)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (United States) (DVD)
- Emerald (2010) (Argentina) (DVD)
- BBC Two (2016) (United Kingdom) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- RCA Sound System (sound recording system)
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (this picture made under the jurisdiction of)
- Decca Records (courtesy of: recordings of "Rock Around The Clock", "Happy Baby", "Rock", "Rock-a-Beatin' Boogie", "See You Later, Alligator", "Razzle Dazzle", "ABC Boogie" and "Mambo Rock")
- Mercury Records (courtesy of: recordings of "Only You", "The Great Pretender", "Cueros", "Mambo Capri", "Sad and Lonely", "Codfish and Potatoes", "Giddyup Dingdong" and "I'm Gonna Teach You How To Rock")
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Orchestra manager Steve Hollis realizes that big-band music is dead. People want something new, but what? On their way to New York, Steve and his companion Corny, stop at a motel in a small place called Strawberry Springs. It's Saturday evening, and a huge number of young people are going to the Town Hall to listen to a local band called Bill Haley and His Comets, playing a new kind of music called rock'n'roll. It is accompanied by a new way of dancing, led by the siblings Lisa and Jimmy Johns. Steve immediately recognizes that this could be what all America is waiting for. He convinces the band and the dancers to let him organize their nationwide breakthrough, and goes to New York to arrange bookings with the top agent Corinne Talbot. She has for a long time tried to get Steve to marry her, but in vain. She now realizes that Steve is in love with the young dancer Lisa Johns, which makes her change her strategy. Corinne tries to stop the rock'n'roll group everywhere, but despite all her efforts they soon are a big success all over the country. And Lisa is smarter than Corinne. Written by Maths Jesperson {maths.jesperson1@comhem.se} |
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Taglines | The Music.The Dancing. Rock'n'Roll at its Beginning. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $300,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Queen Elizabeth II requested a print of this film be shown at Buckingham Palace, one of this first times this was done with a major motion picture. See more » |
Goofs | When Lisa Johns is being interviewed by Corinne Talbot at a street side diner, you see the same woman in a fur coat walk by the window (twice) while the same car and transit bus (twice) go by the window after the traffic signal changes. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Let the Good Times Roll (1973). See more » |
Soundtracks | Rock Around The Clock See more » |
Crazy Credits | Instead of "The End," the movie concludes with THE LIVING END See more » |
Quotes |
Corny LaSalle:
Hey, sister, what do you call that exercise your gettin'? Girl Dancer #1: This is rock-n-roll, brother! And we're rockin' tonight! See more » |