
A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.
Cast

Laurence Harvey
Johnny Jackson

Sylvia Syms
Maisie King

Yolande Donlan
Dixie Collins

Cliff Richard
Bert Rudge / Bongo Herbert

Meier Tzelniker
Mayer

Ambrosine Phillpotts
Lady Rosemary
Gilbert Harding
Self

Hermione Baddeley
Penelope

Eric Pohlmann
Leon

Reginald Beckwith
Rev. Tobias Craven

Wilfrid Lawson
Mr Rudge

Avis Bunnage
Mrs Rudge
Susan Burnet
Edna Rudge

Susan Hampshire
Cynthia

Kenneth Griffith
Charlie

Patrick Cargill
Psychiatrist

Lisa Peake
Chinese Rose

Esma Cannon
Nightclub Cleaner
Barry Lowe
Beast Burns

Davy Kaye
Racer

Timothy Bateson
Amusement Arcade Manager

Burt Kwouk
Soho Youth

Jack McNaughton
Jack
Reg Thomason
Jukebox Delivery Man
Victor Harrington
Press Photographer

Wolf Mankowitz
Sandwich Man

Hank Marvin
Lead Guitarist
Jet Harris
Bass player in band
Norma Parnell
Secretary (uncredited)
Crew

Val Guest
Director, Producer

Wolf Mankowitz
Writer, Screenplay
Julian More
Writer
Bill Lenny
Editor
John Wilcox
Director of Photography
Philip Shipway
Assistant Director
Jon Penington
Associate Producer
Moray Grant
Camera Operator
Beatrice Dawson
Costume Design
Barbara Ritchie
Hairdresser
Ernest Gasser
Makeup Artist
Chris Greenham
Sound Editor
Bert Ross
Sound Mixer
Robert Farnon
Music Director

Kenneth MacMillan
Choreographer

Anthony Masters
Art Direction
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