Directed by:
Fred F. SearsScreenplay:
Robert E. KentCinematography:
Benjamin H. KlineCast:
Johnny Johnston, Lisa Gaye, John Archer, Earl Barton, Jeffrey Sayre, Ralph Brooks, Charles Sherlock, Harry Tyler, Lynette Bernay, Johnny Grande, Bill Haley (more)Plots(1)
Agent Steve Hollis (Johnny Johnston) and his bass playing pal Corny (Henry Slate) quit their big band gigs and hit the road, where they happen upon Haley and his band in a Podunk farming town. Although they don't quite know what to make of the Comets' music ("It isn't boogie, it isn't jive, it isn't swing… it's kinda all of 'em!"), they know a hot prospect when they find one and promise to secure them a legitimate shot at the big time. Complications ensue, including romantic ones. Haley and his band are on fire; they're lip-syncing, but the recordings of "See You Later Alligator," the title tune, and others are filled with snap and crackle, the musicians are great, the stage show is a riot, and the dancing siblings are amazing. (Sony Pictures)
(more)Cast
Johnny Johnston
USA
Best movies:
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
Lisa Gaye
USA
Best movies:
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
Drums Across the River (1954)
John Archer
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
White Heat (1949)
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
Earl Barton
Best movies:
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
Ralph Brooks
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Charles Sherlock
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
Harry Tyler
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Lynette Bernay
USA
Best movies:
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
Lenny (1974)
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Johnny Grande
USA
Best movies:
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
Bill Haley
USA
Best movies:
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
Billy Williamson
USA
Best movies:
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
Alix Talton
USA
Best movies:
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Monty O'Grady
USA
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
The Apartment (1960)
Sol Murgi
Italy
Best movies:
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Casablanca (1942)
Michael Mark
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Casablanca (1942)
City Girl (1930)
Bernard Sell
UK
Best movies:
The Sound of Music (1965)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Steve Carruthers
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
Martha Wentworth
USA
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Henry Slate
USA
Best movies:
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Bedtime Story (1964)