Expresso Bongo (film)

Expresso Bongo
Directed byVal Guest
Written byWolf Mankowitz
Julian More (play)
Produced byJon Penington
StarringLaurence Harvey
Cliff Richard
Sylvia Syms
Yolande Donlan
Eric Pohlmann
Hermione Baddeley
Gilbert Harding
CinematographyJohn Wilcox
Edited byBill Lenny
Music byRobert Farnon
Distributed byBritish Lion Films
Release date
  • 11 December 1959 (1959-12-11)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£156,082[1]

Expresso Bongo is a 1959 British drama musical film directed by Val Guest, shot in uncredited black & white Dyaliscope and starring Laurence Harvey, Cliff Richard, and Yolande Donlan.[2] It was written by Wolf Mankowitz adapted from the stage musical of the same name by Julian More, which was first produced at the Saville Theatre, London, on 23 April 1958.

  1. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 359
  2. ^ "Expresso Bongo". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 4 January 2024.