| The Tommy Steele Story | |
|---|---|
.jpg) UK poster by Tom Chantrell | |
| Directed by | Gerard Bryant |
| Written by | Norman Hudis |
| Produced by | Herbert Smith executive Stuart Levy Nat Cohen Peter Rogers |
| Starring | Tommy Steele |
| Cinematography | Peter Hennessy |
| Edited by | Ann Chegwidden |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated (UK) AIP (US) |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £15,000[1] |
The Tommy Steele Story is a 1957 British film directed by Gerard Bryant and starring Tommy Steele, dramatising Steele's rise to fame as a teen idol.[2] Along with Rock You Sinners, it was one of the first British films to feature rock and roll.[3] In the US, where Steele was not well-known, the film was released under the title Rock Around the World.[4][5] The film was announced in January 1957, three months after the release of Steele's first single "Rock with the Caveman".[6][7]
- ^ Andrew Caine Interpreting Rock Movies: The Pop Film and Its Critics in Britain, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2004p.117
- ^ ""THE TOMMY STEELE STORY"". The Australian Women's Weekly. 27 November 1957. p. 42. Retrieved 6 May 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Tommy Steele Story, The (1957)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ Gary A. Smith, American International Pictures: The Golden Years, Bear Manor Media 2014 p 59
- ^ "The Story of Tommy Steele". The Christian Science Monitor. 10 October 1957. p. 7.
- ^ "Tommy Steele gets rolling" (PDF). Melody Maker. 12 January 1957. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ "The Anglo Amalgamated Story". Kine Weekly. 31 December 1959. p. 4-5.