THE picture in the fan-mag showed this gangly kid in jeans and a sweat shirt, his face contorted, mouth wide open, beating with both hands on a bongo set round his shoulder, over it the headline BONGO ...

THE seedier side of the music business has provided rich pickings for film-makers down the years. From the fabulously downbeat Flame (1974) , which positioned the poptastic Slade at the very heart of ...

Elizabeth Ashley, known for her dynamic stage presence, was part of the cast of "Expresso Bongo" in the past, adding to her impressive list of Broadway credits that includes celebrated performances in ...

The double-handed release of Expresso Bongo and Beat Girl brings a fine chance to entertainingly look at how low-budget British cinema dealt with the burgeoning threat posed by unruly teenagers. Each ...

A fast-talking would-be pop impresario leads a pageant of sleazy characters hoping to cash in on fresh talent in the 1959 British film Expresso Bongo, now available in the U.S. for the first time. At ...

The British “new wave” finally revealed a sense of humor in this 1960 comedy of showbiz corruption. Laurence Harvey is a hilariously fast-talking con man who discovers, promotes, and exploits the hell ...

Entertaining musical about a sleazy, opportunistic talent agent who discovers a bongo player. While the agent is busy trying to turn his new find into a teen idol, and in turn rescue his own flagging ...