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Summary
A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+13)
Critics 40Audiences 53GoodWatch 46
Tomatometer40%
IMDb6.2
Audience score43%
Running time
1 h 51 min
A typical length for comedies, +11 min on the typical 100
typical 100111Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries
Released
1959
December 1, 1959
67 years ago
Genres
ComedyMusicLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityModerate
- Dark themesModerate
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightParty VibePartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 30
Laurence HarveyJohnny Jackson
Sylvia SymsMaisie King
Yolande DonlanDixie Collins
Cliff RichardBert Rudge / Bongo Herbert
Meier TzelnikerMayer
Ambrosine PhillpottsLady Rosemary- GHGilbert HardingSelf
Hermione BaddeleyPenelope
Eric PohlmannLeon
Reginald BeckwithRev. Tobias Craven
Wilfrid LawsonMr Rudge
Avis BunnageMrs Rudge- SBSusan BurnetEdna Rudge
Susan HampshireCynthia
Kenneth GriffithCharlie
Patrick CargillPsychiatrist
Lisa PeakeChinese Rose
Esma CannonNightclub Cleaner- BLBarry LoweBeast Burns
Davy KayeRacer
Timothy BatesonAmusement Arcade Manager
Burt KwoukSoho Youth
Jack McNaughtonJack- RTReg ThomasonJukebox Delivery Man
Directing · 2
- Val Guest Director, Producer
- Philip Shipway Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Wolf Mankowitz Writer, Screenplay
- Julian More Writer
Production · 1
- Jon Penington Associate Producer
Camera · 2
- John Wilcox Director of Photography
- Moray Grant Camera Operator
Editing · 1
- Bill Lenny Editor
Sound · 3
- Chris Greenham Sound Editor
- Robert Farnon Music Director
- Bert Ross Sound Mixer
Art · 1
- Anthony Masters Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Beatrice Dawson Costume Design
- Barbara Ritchie Hairdresser
- Ernest Gasser Makeup Artist
Other crew · 1
- Kenneth MacMillan Choreographer
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