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Expresso Bongo

Expresso Bongo1959

★5.3111 minComedyMusic

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

Director

Writer

Wolf Mankowitz Julian More

Stars

Laurence Harvey Sylvia Syms Yolande Donlan

Cast30

Laurence Harvey
as Johnny Jackson
Sylvia Syms
as Maisie King
Yolande Donlan
as Dixie Collins
Cliff Richard
as Bert Rudge / Bongo Herbert
Meier Tzelniker
as Mayer
Ambrosine Phillpotts
as Lady Rosemary
G
Gilbert Harding
as Self
Hermione Baddeley
as Penelope
Eric Pohlmann
as Leon
Reginald Beckwith
as Rev. Tobias Craven
Wilfrid Lawson
as Mr Rudge
Avis Bunnage
as Mrs Rudge
S
Susan Burnet
as Edna Rudge
Susan Hampshire
as Cynthia
Kenneth Griffith
as Charlie
Patrick Cargill
as Psychiatrist
Lisa Peake
as Chinese Rose
Esma Cannon
as Nightclub Cleaner
B
Barry Lowe
as Beast Burns
Davy Kaye
as Racer
Timothy Bateson
as Amusement Arcade Manager
Burt Kwouk
as Soho Youth
Jack McNaughton
as Jack
R
Reg Thomason
as Jukebox Delivery Man
V
Victor Harrington
as Press Photographer
Wolf Mankowitz
as Sandwich Man
Hank Marvin
as Lead Guitarist
J
Jet Harris
as Bass player in band
N
Norma Parnell
as Secretary (uncredited)
E
Esme Smythe
as TV Van Crowd (uncredited)

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