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Rock Around the Clock

Year:

1956

Duration:

77 min

Genres:

Comedy | Music | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.1

Director:

Fred F. Sears

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1956-03-21

Earnings

Budget: $300,000

Gross: $4,000,000 (USA) Rentals $3,000,000 (Worldwide)

Cast

Actor

Character

Henry Slate

Bill Haley and the Comets

Themselves (as Bill Haley and his Comets)

The Platters

Themselves (as The Platters)

Ernie Freeman Combo

Themselves (as Ernie Freeman Combo)

Tony Martinez and His Band

Themselves (as Tony Martinez and his Band)

Alan Freed

Himself

Johnny Johnston

Steve Hollis

Alix Talton

Corinne Talbot

Lisa Gaye

Lisa Johns

John Archer

Mike Dodd

Earl Barton

Jimmy Johns

Robert Banas

Dancer (uncredited)

Franny Beecher

Comets Guitarist (uncredited)

Freddie Bell

Himself (uncredited)

Lynette Bernay

Dancer (uncredited)

Frankie Brent

Member -Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

Dance Extra (uncredited)

Russ Conti

Member / Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (uncredited)

Johnny Duncan

Prom Dancer (uncredited)

Elaine DuPont

Dancer (uncredited)

Johnny Grande

Comets Pianist (uncredited)

Bill Haley

Bill Haley (uncredited)

Ralph Jones

Comets Drummer (uncredited)

Jack Kane

Member / Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (uncredited)

Chick Keeney

Member / Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (uncredited)

Joe Lanza

Dancer (uncredited)

David Lynch

The Platters Member (uncredited)

Ernie Maresca

Ernie (uncredited)

Michael Mark

Hartford Prom Chaperone (uncredited)

Tony Martinez

Himself (uncredited)

Jerry Mayo

Member / Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (uncredited)

Joe Palma

Waiter (uncredited)

Michael Peterson

Dancer at Town Hall (uncredited)

Rudy Pompilli

Comets Saxophonist (uncredited)

Herb Reed

The Platters Member (uncredited)

Al Rex

Comets Bassist (uncredited)

Paul Robi

The Platters Member (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Nightclub Dance Extra (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

Technician (uncredited)

Lou Southern

Dancer (uncredited)

Zola Taylor

The Platters Member (uncredited)

Harry Tyler

Motel Operator (uncredited)

Martha Wentworth

Hartford Prom Chaperone (uncredited)

Tony Williams

Himself (uncredited)

Billy Williamson

Comets Steel Guitar Player (uncredited)

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Trivia

Comets' drummer, Ralph Jones took lots of home movies during the band's visit to Hollywood. This footage - which has been used by documentary filmmakers - includes the only known color footage from the set of this film.

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Queen Elizabeth II requested a print of this film be shown at Buckingham Palace - one of this first times this was done with a major motion picture.

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Filmed in January 1956.

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Goofs

When Lisa Johns is being interviewed by Corinne Talbot at a street side diner, you see the same woman in a fur coat walk by the window (twice) while the same car and transit bus (twice) go by the window after the traffic signal changes.

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The poster for the Rock and Roll Jamboree later in the movie lists Lisa and Jimmy James as an act. Their names should be Lisa and Jimmy Johns.

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