A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.
Acting
Harvey's sleazy charm— you hate him, can't look away.
Direction
Val Guest shoots Soho like a documentary, all neon and desperation.
Director
Val Guest
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
Hermione Baddeley
Penelope
Eric Pohlmann
Leon
Reginald Beckwith
Rev. Tobias Craven
Wilfrid Lawson
Mr Rudge
Avis Bunnage
Mrs Rudge
Susan Hampshire
Cynthia
Kenneth Griffith
Charlie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months before Cliff Richard's real breakthrough with 'Living Doll,' blurring fiction and prescient industry commentary.
Co-writer Wolf Mankowitz based Johnny Jackson on real Soho hustlers he knew; the film was initially banned in parts of the US for 'immorality.'
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