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Review by Aaron Carruthers ★★★. The 1959 film Expresso Bongo began life as a biting stage musical satire on the record industry in 1958 written by Julian More and Wolf Mankowitz who’d write big screen version with Val Guest on directing duties.
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Sep 10, 2012 · Expresso Bongo 1959, directed by Val Guest | Film review. Film. Time Out says. An adaptation of Wolf Mankowitz 's 1958 showbiz musical, bristling with period flavour, from the cast's...
2.35 : 1. 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...
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Jan 1, 2000 · Expresso Bongo Review. 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...
As any pub-quiz geek knows, Cliff Richard’s first movie role was Curley Thompson in Serious Charge (1959). But unless they really fancy an argument with the quizmaster that they’re unlikely to win, they’ll always write down that the answer is Bert Rudge in Expresso Bongo because Curley was very much a cameo and he hardly […]
Dec 8, 2019 · Despite the satirical and sleazy undertones, Expresso Bongo is a musical and the soundtrack is full of verve. From the mesmerising, jazzy opening title sequence that sets the rollicking tone for the film, to the jaunty character solo numbers, it’s pure, frothy and decidedly quirky entertainment.
