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The Tommy Steele Story is a British film of genre Drama directed by Gerard Bryant released in USA on 1 august 1957 with Tommy Steele
The Tommy Steele Story (1957)
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Add to a movie listThe Tommy Steele Story is a 1957 British film starring Tommy Steele, dramatising Steele's own rise to fame.
It was released in the US as Rock Around the World.
Along with Rock You Sinners it was one of the first British rock and roll movies.
Synopsis
Tommy Steele lives with his mother and father in their London home. He works with a bellboy until he injures his spine doing judo. In hospital he is given a guitar to help with his therapy and he starts to play to entertain patients and staff. He works on an ocean liner, performing in his spare time, and gets a job playing in a coffee bar. He is popular with audiences and gets a recording contract.Actors
Tommy Steele
(Tommy Steele)
Tommy Eytle
(Self)
Hilda Fenemore
(Mrs Steele)
Cyril Chamberlain
(Chief Steward)
Bryan Coleman
(Hospital Doctor)
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