Expresso Bongo

Expresso Bongo (1959)

  • 52% of users liked it
    (166 ratings)

In this witty music-business satire, Johnny Jackson (Laurence Harvey) is a talent agent down on his luck who thinks his tide may have turned when he spots a teenage rock & roll fan wailing away in a coffeehouse. Dubbing him "Bongo Herbert" (Cliff Richard, in a role the now knighted and born-again… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 51 min.
Directed By
Val Guest
Written By
Wolf Mankowitz
Genres
Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics
In Theaters
Dec 1, 1959 Wide
On DVD
Mar 8, 2005

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Has a charm all its own, but that's not enough to take the ringing of the bongo drums out of my ears.

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  • Bob S


    U can call me loser until I reivew this neato film.

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