Expresso Bongo
01/12/1959
2h

A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.
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
Gilbert Harding
Self


Hermione Baddeley
Penelope


Eric Pohlmann
Leon


Reginald Beckwith
Rev. Tobias Craven


Wilfrid Lawson
Mr Rudge


Avis Bunnage
Mrs Rudge
Susan Burnet
Edna Rudge


Susan Hampshire
Cynthia


Kenneth Griffith
Charlie


Patrick Cargill
Psychiatrist


Lisa Peake
Chinese Rose


Esma Cannon
Nightclub Cleaner
Barry Lowe
Beast Burns


Davy Kaye
Racer


Timothy Bateson
Amusement Arcade Manager


Burt Kwouk
Soho Youth


Jack McNaughton
Jack
Reg Thomason
Jukebox Delivery Man
Victor Harrington
Press Photographer


Wolf Mankowitz
Sandwich Man


Hank Marvin
Lead Guitarist
Jet Harris
Bass player in band
Norma Parnell
Secretary (uncredited)
Esme Smythe
TV Van Crowd (uncredited)
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