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Expresso Bongo (1959) | Slate

Expresso Bongo

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Expresso Bongo

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Rated 5.3 on TMDB

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.

Released: 1959
Runtime: 1h 51m
Rated: NR
Genres: Comedy, Music
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

Direction and writing

Wolf MankowitzWriter, Screenplay

Val GuestDirector

Philip ShipwayAssistant Director

Julian MoreWriter

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Cast

Laurence HarveyJohnny Jackson
Sylvia SymsMaisie King
Yolande DonlanDixie Collins

Cliff RichardBert Rudge / Bongo Herbert
Meier TzelnikerMayer
Ambrosine PhillpottsLady Rosemary
Gilbert HardingSelf
Hermione BaddeleyPenelope

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