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Expresso Bongo (1959)
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18 May 1960 (Sweden) moreTagline:
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!Plot:
Johnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Despite... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. moreUser Comments:
Espresso Bongo is a cult classic! more (8 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Laurence Harvey | ... | Johnny Jackson |
 | Sylvia Syms | ... | Maisie King |
| Yolande Donlan | ... | Dixie Collins |
| Cliff Richard | ... | Bert Rudge / Bongo Herbert |
| Meier Tzelniker | ... | Mayer |
| Ambrosine Phillpotts | ... | Lady Rosemary |
 | Eric Pohlmann | ... | Leon |
| Gilbert Harding | ... | Himself |
| Hermione Baddeley | ... | Penelope |
| Reginald Beckwith | ... | Reverend Tobias Craven |
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MonoFun Stuff
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I've Never Had It So Good moreFAQ
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Ignore anything or anybody that denigrates Espresso Bongo. It is loaded with period detail and attitude, is singularly risqué for it's time and sports great music and one of the best scripts about England's Tin Pan Alley, wisecracking and inside, besides an unprecedented performance by Laurence Harvey as you've never seen him, a hustler who recalls Sidney Falco in the "Sweet Smell of Success". Maier Tzelnicker is tremendous as the record company executive who calls it "rock dreck". Yolanda Donlan, Val Guest's wife, plays a "Sweet Bird of Youth" like aging diva Alexandra Del Lago who seduces Cliff Richard, whom many called the Pat Boone of England. See the opening strip number when the girls perform a burlesque version of the "Bonnie, Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond". It sets the tone for an overlooked gem. A "B" Movie Classic. Enjoy.