---
title: 'Expresso Bongo (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Val Guest'
released: '1959-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 120
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/expresso-bongo-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053806/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Expresso Bongo (1959)

1959 · 120 min · Music · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

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. 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.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Wolf Mankowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-mankowitz)
- **Director:** [Val Guest](https://cinepixo.com/people/val-guest)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Monty Norman](https://cinepixo.com/people/monty-norman)
- **Producer:** [Jon Penington](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-penington)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Laurence Wilcox](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-laurence-wilcox)
- **Editor:** [Bill Lenny](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-lenny)

## Cast

- [Sylvia Syms](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvia-syms)
- [Cliff Richard](https://cinepixo.com/people/cliff-richard)
- [Martin Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-miller)
- [Susan Hampshire](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-hampshire)
- [Wolf Mankowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-mankowitz)
- [Laurence Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-harvey)
- [Carole Ann Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/carole-ann-ford)
- [Hermione Baddeley](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermione-baddeley)
- [Eric Pohlmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-pohlmann)
- [Wilfrid Lawson](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilfrid-lawson)
- [Burt Kwouk](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-kwouk)
- [Esma Cannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/esma-cannon)
- [Gilbert Harding](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilbert-harding)
- [Yolande Donlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/yolande-donlan)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/expresso-bongo-1959
Film facts: Wikidata (Q3416062); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.