Expresso Bongo (1959)

Directors

Val Guest

Cast

Burt Kwouk, Carole Ann Ford, Cliff Richard, Eric Pohlmann, Esma Cannon, Gilbert Harding, Hermione Baddeley, Laurence Harvey, Martin Miller, Susan Hampshire, Sylvia Syms, Wilfrid Lawson, Wolf Mankowitz, Yolande Donlan

The story

Sleazy hustler Johnny Jackson is always on the lookout for fresh talent to exploit, while managing his hectic life with his stripper girlfriend, Maisie King. Maisie is looking to find a better life in singing. Jackson discovers a teenage singer named Bert Rudge in an espresso coffee shop and sets about sending him along the rocky road to fame.

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