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A sly, sleazy and unscrupulous music agent, Johnny Jackson, trolls the neon-streaked sidewalks of London's SoHo district in search of fresh meat to exploit. He finds it in a teen-packed coffee bar where a pompadoured rebel is dazzling his peers with his pouty, Presleyish voice and a talent for...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Val Guest Productions, Kino International Corporation
Other Authors: Guest, Val, Mankowitz, Wolf, MacMillan, Kenneth, Harvey, Laurence, Richard, Cliff, Syms, Sylvia, 1934-, Donlan, Yolande, 1920-, Wilcox, John, 1905-1979, Shipway, Philip, Farnon, Robert, Paramor, Norrie, Lewis, Bunny, Roberts, Paddy
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: New York : Kino on Video, [2001]
Edition:American release version.
Subjects:
Music trade > England > London > Drama.
Singers > England > London > Drama.
Musical films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
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Summary:A sly, sleazy and unscrupulous music agent, Johnny Jackson, trolls the neon-streaked sidewalks of London's SoHo district in search of fresh meat to exploit. He finds it in a teen-packed coffee bar where a pompadoured rebel is dazzling his peers with his pouty, Presleyish voice and a talent for pounding the skins. Johnny renames the kid "Bongo" Herbert and with the help of his stripper girlfriend guides the potential teen idol to fame.
Item Description:DVD release of the 1959 motion picture.
Based on "Expresso bongo" by Wolf Mankowitz and Julian More.
Includes excerpts from the original pressbook.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; letterboxed, enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Director of photography, John Wilcox ; editor, Bill Lenny ; art direction, Philip Shipway ; musical direction, Robert Farnon.