Expresso Bongo
- Original title
- Expresso Bongo
- Year
- 1959
- Running time
- 111 min.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Laurence Harvey
- Sylvia Syms
- Yolande Donlan
- Cliff Richard
- Ambrostine Phillpotts
- Meier Tzelniker
- Eric Pohlmann
- Gilbert Harding
- Hermione Baddeley
- Reginald Beckwith
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- Music
Robert Farnon. Additional music: Monty Norman- Cinematography
John Wilcox (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Music
- Synopsis
- Johnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Despite Bert's protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, Johnny starts him on the road to stardom. The deal they cut, however, is highly exploitative of the young singer, and their relationship soon begins to go bad.
- Awards
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1959: BAFTA Awards: 2 Nominations including Best British Actor (Laurence Harvey)
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