Retro Flashback Movie Review: Expresso Bongo
(1959)
Wikipedia says... Laurence Harvey plays sleazy hustler Johnny
Jackson, who is always on the lookout for fresh talent to exploit,
while managing his hectic life with his stripper girlfriend. Maise
is looking to find a better life in singing. He discovers a teenage
singer named Bert Rudge in a coffee shop and sets about sending him
along the rocky road to fame. He changes his name to Bongo Herbert
and soon gets him a record deal and a relationship with singing
sensation Dixie, played by Yolande Donlan. However, Bongo soon
realizes that his 50/50 contract with Johnny isn't as great as he
thought it was, and breaks from Johnny's contract with help from
Dixie.