Rock Around the Clock (1956)

Directed by

Fred F. Sears

Genre

musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 17m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A music promoter discovers Bill Haley and His Comets and helps bring rock and roll to a wider audience. The film features performances by several popular bands of the 1950s.

energeticupbeatnostalgiclivelyfeel-goodlightheartedbouncyfast-paced

What happens

Rock Around the Clock is a 1956 musical film featuring Bill Haley and His Comets along with Alan Freed, the Platters, Tony Martinez and His Band and Freddie Bell and His Bellboys. It was produced by B-movie king Sam Katzman (who would produce several Elvis Presley films in the 1960s) and directed by Fred F. Sears. The film was shot over a short period of time in January 1956 and released in March 1956 to capitalize on Haley's success and the popularity of his multimillion-selling recording "Rock Around the Clock," which had played over the opening credits of the 1955 teen flick Blackboard Jungle and is considered the first major rock and roll musical film. The same recording was used for the opening of Rock Around the Clock, marking a rare occasion in which the same song opens films released in a short interval (the recording would be used once again to open the 1973 film American Graffiti). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Don't Knock the Rock (1956)
• Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956)
• Basin Street Revue (1956)
• Rock, Pretty Baby (1956)
• Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956)
• Rhythm and Blues Revue (1955)
• Twist Around the Clock (1961)
• The Pied Piper of Cleveland (1955)