The Tommy Steele Story (1957)

Directed by

Gerard Bryant

Genre

biographical film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 10m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A dramatization of Tommy Steele's rise to fame as a teen idol in 1950s Britain. The film shows how he started as a young entertainer and became a rock and roll star.

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What happens

The Tommy Steele Story is a 1957 British film directed by Gerard Bryant and starring Tommy Steele, dramatising Steele's rise to fame as a teen idol. Along with Rock You Sinners, it was one of the first British films to feature rock and roll. In the US, where Steele was not well-known, the film was released under the title Rock Around the World. The film was announced in January 1957, three months after the release of Steele's first single "Rock with the Caveman". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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