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- Expresso Bongo is a 1958 West End musical and a satire of the music industry.
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Expresso Bongo is a 1959 British drama musical film directed by Val Guest, shot in uncredited black & white Dyaliscope and starring Laurence Harvey, Cliff Richard, and Yolande Donlan. [2] It is adapted from the stage musical of the same name, which was first produced on the stage at the Saville Theatre, London, on 23 April 1958.
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Expresso Bongo is a 1958 West End musical and a satire of the music industry. It was first produced on the stage at the Saville Theatre, London, on 23 April 1958. Its book was written by Wolf Mankowitz and Julian More, with music by David Heneker and Monty Norman, also the co-lyricist with Julian More.
Expresso Bongo: Directed by Val Guest. With Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Syms, Yolande Donlan, Cliff Richard. Johnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house, but their exploitative deal leads to a bad relationship.
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May 5, 2016 · Val Guest's music industry satire, 'Expresso Bongo', takes place in a time when teenagers were old, Cliff Richard was young, and the beats were straight from the fridge, daddio!
The original trailer in high definition of Expresso Bongo directed by Val Guest. Starring Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Syms, Yolande Donlan and Cliff Richard. Blu-ray (BFI Shop) :...
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Expresso Bongo ★★½ 1959 Soho singer/bongo player (Richards) is “discovered” by seedy talent agent Johnny Jackson (Harvey) who manages the young man into a teen idol with a 50-50 contract. But women come between the duo and Johnny finds himself without a star.
Jan 18, 2023 · In 1959, Cliff Richard starred in a movie that would soon be considered a British classic, a gritty and cynical satire of the pop music business titled Expresso Bongo… T he tropes of the 50s British teen movie are so embedded in popular culture that when Harry Enfield sent them up in his 1989 comedy Norbert Smith: A Life , they felt instantly ...
