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!"

Dec 11 1959 Not Rated 1h 51m
Drama, Music

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

Plot

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.

Written by

Wolf Mankowitz, Julian More

Directed by

Val Guest

Cast

Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Syms, Yolande Donlan

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Val Guest Productions

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 2 BAFTA 2 nominations total

Trailers
Expresso Bongo (1959) Original Trailer [FHD]
Scores
# of Votes
600
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA