Expresso Bongo
“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!”
A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.
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Cast
32 people
Laurence Harvey
Johnny Jackson
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The Manchurian Candidate
The Alamo
Sally Geeson
Girl
Sylvia Syms
Maisie King
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The Queen
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Yolande Donlan
Dixie Collins
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The Devil Bat
Cliff Richard
Bert Rudge / Bongo Herbert
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Thunderbirds Are GO
Meier Tzelniker
Mayer
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The Sorcerers
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Ambrosine Phillpotts
Lady Rosemary
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Carry On Cabby
The Shadows
Themselves
Gilbert Harding
Self
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Hermione Baddeley
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Eric Pohlmann
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Reginald Beckwith
Rev. Tobias Craven
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Val Guest Director · Wolf Mankowitz Screenplay Julian More Writer
United States release April 12, 1960 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Val Guest Productions
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 1, 1959
Theatrical
United States · April 12, 1960
Theatrical
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