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Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Frank J. Avella Edge Media Network. Expresso Bongo has much to recommend it. Firstly, the film has a clever script (by Wolf Mankowitz, based on...
A talent agent named Johnny Jackson (Laurence Harvey) tries to resurrect his flagging career when he stumbles upon a talented young rock 'n' roll musician, Bert Rudge (Cliff Richard).
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- Laurence Harvey
- Val Guest
- Musical, Comedy
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...
Jackson discovers a teenage singer named Bert Rudge in an espresso coffee shop and sets about sending him along the rocky road to fame. He changes his name to Bongo Herbert and soon gets him a record deal and a relationship with an ageing American singing sensation Dixie Collins.
Published. 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...
Popular reviews. More. Review by sakana1 ★★★★ 7. A clearly theater-born — it first appeared on stage in London in 1958 — satire on show business, Expresso Bongo is half movie with music, half traditional musical, and all glorious Laurence Harvey showcase.
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Sep 10, 2012 · Discover the best of the city, first. An adaptation of Wolf Mankowitz's 1958 showbiz musical, bristling with period flavour, from the cast's brylcreemed coiffures and snazzy ties to the presence of.
