Characters & Themes
Expresso Bongo (1959) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1959 · 111 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Val Guest
- Starring
- Burt Kwouk, Laurence Harvey, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Hermione Baddeley, Reginald Beckwith, Patrick Cargill
Laurence Harvey delivers a striking performance in this off‑beat film that immerses the viewer in the gritty world of London’s burlesque houses, smoky jazz clubs, and vivid, everyday people. A sleazy promoter manipulates a naïve working‑class teen, turning him into a pop‑singing sensation.
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