EXPRESSO BONGO (1959)

SLEAZY TALENT AGENT JOHNNY JACKSON DISCOVERS TEENAGER BERT RUDGE SINGING IN A COFFEE HOUSE. DESPITE BERT'S PROTESTATION THAT HE REALLY IS ONLY INTERESTED IN PLAYING BONGOS, JOHNNY STARTS HIM ON THE ROAD TO STARDOM. THE DEAL THEY CUT, HOWEVER, IS HIGHLY EXPLOITATIVE OF THE YOUNG SINGER, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP BEGINS TO GO BAD. STARRING CLIFF RICHARD, LAURENCE HARVEY, SYLVIA SYMS, YOLANDE DONLAN, HERMIONE BADDELEY.