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Rock Around the Clock
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Musical |
| Release Date: | March 21, 1956 |
| Running time: | 77 minutes |
| Cast: | Bill Haley, Rudy Pompilli, Al Rex, Franny Beecher, Johnny Grande |
| Director: | Fred F. Sears |
| Producer: | Sam Katzman |
| Writer: | James B. Gordon, Robert E. Kent |
| Distributor: | Columbia Pictures |
Description: A frustrated big-band promoter runs into rock-and-rollers Bill Haley and the Comets at a small-town dance. He quickly becomes their manager and, with the help of Alan Freed, hopes to bring the new sound to the entire country. But will a conniving booking agent, with a personal ax to grind with the manager, conspire to keep the band from making the big time?
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