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Expresso Bongo
Released: December 1, 1959 (1959)
Runtime: 111 minutes
Genres: Comedy, Music
A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Meier Tzelniker as Mayer
Age at release: 65
- Hermione Baddeley as Penelope
Age at release: 53
- Reginald Beckwith as Rev. Tobias Craven
Age at release: 51
- Ambrosine Phillpotts as Lady Rosemary
Age at release: 47
- Eric Pohlmann as Leon
Age at release: 46
- Yolande Donlan as Dixie Collins
Age at release: 39
- Laurence Harvey as Johnny Jackson
Age at release: 31
- Sylvia Syms as Maisie King
Age at release: 25
- Cliff Richard as Bert Rudge / Bongo Herbert
Age at release: 19
- Gilbert Harding as Self
Age at release: Unknown
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- Wilfrid Lawson as Mr Rudge
Age at release: 59
- Esma Cannon as Nightclub Cleaner
Age at release: 53
- Jack McNaughton as Jack
Age at release: 53
- Victor Harrington as Press Photographer
Age at release: 50
- Davy Kaye as Racer
Age at release: 43
- Patrick Cargill as Psychiatrist
Age at release: 41
- Reg Thomason as Jukebox Delivery Man
Age at release: 41
- Kenneth Griffith as Charlie
Age at release: 38
- Avis Bunnage as Mrs Rudge
Age at release: 36
- Barry Lowe as Beast Burns
Age at release: 34
- Timothy Bateson as Amusement Arcade Manager
Age at release: 33
- Burt Kwouk as Soho Youth
Age at release: 29
- Susan Hampshire as Cynthia
Age at release: 22
- Norma Parnell as Secretary (uncredited)
Age at release: 22
- Susan Burnet as Edna Rudge
Age at release: 21
- Jet Harris as Bass player in band
Age at release: 20
- Hank Marvin as Lead Guitarist
Age at release: 18
- Lisa Peake as Chinese Rose
Age at release: Unknown