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Film	Year	Stars	Soundtrack	Production Company	Director	Songs By
After the Ball	1957	Pat Kirkwood Laurence Harvey, June Clyde, Jerry Verno, The Television Toppers (The Vesta Tilley Story: based on a BBC TV production of 1956 with Pat Kirkwood)	Pat Kirkwood sings: The Army of Today's All Right; After the Ball;Jolly Good Luck To The Girl Who Loves A Soldier; Algy The Piccadilly Johnnie; My Word He Is a Naughty Boy; Give It To Father; Following in Father's Footsteps: Scotch and Polly June Clyde sings: Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back	Romulus/ Beaconsfield/ British Lion	Compton Bennett	var. Music Hall Songs
Davy	1957	Harry Secombe, Adele Leigh, Ron Randell	Harry Secombe:My World is your world; Nessun Dorma	Ealing (in Technirama)	Michael Relph	var. Opera selections by Wagner, Puccini, Mozart
Edmondo Ros Half Hour (Short)	1957	Edmondo Ros Morton Frazer's Harmonica Gang	Edmondo Ros: Mayfair Mambo;John Peel Samba; Monte Carlo	Hammer Filmed at ABPC Studios, Elstree in Eastman Colour, CinemaScope and stereophonic sound	Michael Carreras
The Good Companions Essay on the Film Image from film Reminiscences of appearing in the film	1957	Janette Scott John Fraser, Paddy Stone, Irving Davies, Rachel Roberts Bobby Howes, Anthony Newley, Beryl Kaye (principal dancer) Joyce Grenfell Janette Scott Page Celia Johnson Dance in Canada: Paddy Stone Anthony Newley Site Anthony Newley Society	EP Parlophone GEP-8604 *Songs from The Good Companions* (1957 film) on CD 'British Musicals of 1957' 78 Parlophone R-4282 78 Nixa N-15085 (Nixa 78 - not S/T)**	Associated British Filmed at ABPC Elstree Stu dios	J. Lee Thompson	C.Alberto Rossi, Geoffrey Parsons, PaddyRoberts Musical Arrangements Laurie Johnson Musical Director: Louis Levy (final film)
Kill Me Tomorrow B/W VHS (USA)	1957	Tommy Steele	Tommy Steele sings: Rock With the Cave Man; Rebel Rock CD:'Tommy Steele: The Decca Years 1956-1963' Decca 466 409-2 (2 CD Set)	Delta/Renown	Terence Fisher	Songs by Lionel Bart, Mike Pratt
A King in New York B/W	1957	Charles Chaplin Joy Nicholls, Shani Wallis	Joy Nicholls sings: The Sadness Goes On	Attica/Archway	Charles Chaplin	Music by Charles Chaplin
Let's Be Happy! Stills from film	1957	Vera-Ellen Tony Martin Vera-Ellen Page Magic of Vera-Ellen	EP RCA EPA-4060 Tony Martin sings: Stan, the Man From Idaho; Hold On to Love;The Golfer's Glide; The Piper's Wedding; Such a Lonely Number; Let's Be Happy. Vera-Ellen (voice dubbed): I'm going to Scotland; Let's Be Happy	Marcel Hellman/ ABPC	Henry Levin	Nicholas Brodsky(m), Paul Francis Webster(l)
Light Fingers B/W	1957	Eunice Gayson, Hy Hazell Avril Angers, Lonnie Donegan	Lonnie Donegan sings: ???	Parkside/ Archway	Terry Bishop	Lonnie Donegan
No Time For Tears	1957	Anna Neagle Sylvia Syms, Daphne Anderson Adrienne Posta, Richard O'Sullivan	DaphneAnderson sings: 'Magic Carpet'	Associated British	Cyril Frankel	Song: 'Magic Carpet' by Paddy Roberts (m/l)
The Prince and the Showgirl [Became the stage musical "The Girl Who Came to Supper" (Noel Coward) (NY:1963)] DVD : US ??	1957	Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Jean Kent, Daphne Anderson	Marilyn Monroe sings: I Found a Dream (on CD RARE (Switz.) CD 06/07) Jean Kent was scheduled to perform: I Am The Coconut Girl (Not in finished film)	Marilyn Monroe Productions /Warner Bros.	Laurence Olivier, Anthony Bushell
Rock You Sinners B/W THE FIRST BRITISH PRODUCED ROCK N'ROLL FILM 1950's Rock 'n Roll Movies: External Link VHS (US)	1957	Jackie Collins, Colin Croft, Art Baxter'n his Rockin' Sinners Tony Crombie and his Rockets, Rory Blackwell and the Blackjacks, Joan Small, Dickie Bennett, Curly Pat Berry, Tony Hall, Don Solash and his Rockin' Horses, George (Calypso) Brown	Joan Small:You can't say I love you/Art Baxter: Rock you sinners; Art's theme; Dixieland Rock /Dickie Bennett: Heartbreak Hotel; How many times; Cry Upon my shoulder /Rory Blackwell: Rockin'with Rory; Intro to the rock/ George Brown: Calypso rock n'Roll/ Tony Crombieand the Rockets: Brighton Rock; Let you and I rock/Don Sollash and his rockin' horses :Rockin'the blues 45/78s: EMI (On CD: British Beat Before the Beatles- Volume One: EMI CDGO- 2046) (Released in 1993)** * 10" LP: Tony Crombie and the Rockets Columbia 33S-118 and 45/78s: CD: A Tribute to Tony Crombie Ember: EMBCD011 includes 'Rock'n'Roll Coaster' (not in film)	Small Films	Denis Kavanagh	Jeffrey S Kruger/ Various
These Dangerous Years (US: Dangerous Youth) B/W	1957	Frankie Vaughan	78/45 Philips PB-674 ''These Dangerous Years''- On CD: Give Me the Moonlight: Best of Frankie Vaughan (Spectrum 5543172) Other songs: 'Cold Cold Shower' and 'Isn't This a Lovely Evening?'	Everest/Anna Neagle Prods/ABPC	Herbert Wilcox	Stanley Black (score)
The Tommy Steele Story (US:Rock Around the World) B/W	1957	Tommy Steele Humphrey Lyttleton Band, Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group with Nancy Whiskey Tommy Eytle Calypso Band, Chris O'Brien's Carribeans, The Steelemen	10"LP: Decca LF-1288 EP: Decca-6424 45s: Decca /Parlophone* # Some songs on CD:'Tommy Steele: The Decca Years 1956-1963' Decca 466 409-2 (2 CD Set) *Humphrey Lyttleton:Bermonsey bounce;Chas Mc Devitt Skiffle Group/ Nancy Whiskey : Freight Train** Tommy Steele:#A Handful of songs; #Elevator rock; #Doomsday rock; #Butterfingers;Take me home baby;I like; You gotta go; #Water,water;It's fun finding out about London;Will it be you? ;#Cannibal pot;Two eyes;#Build up;#Time to kill; #Teenage party	Anglo Amalgamated	Gerard Bryant	Various inc. Lionel Bart and Mike Pratt
Zarak	1957	Victor Mature, Anita Ekberg, Yana	Yana sings: Climb Up the Wall	Warwick/ Columbia	Terence Young
The Duke Wore Jeans B/W	1958	Tommy Steele June Laverick Tommy Steele Photo	LP: Decca LPM-1308 /45s Decca Some songs on CD:'Tommy Steele:The Decca Years 1956-1963' Decca 466 409-2 (2 CD Set)	Anglo Amalgamated /Insignia	Gerald Thomas	Lionel Bart, Mike Pratt Lionel Bart
Girls at Sea	1958	Ronald Shiner	Teddy Johnson sings "Merci Beaucoup" (45rpm Pye). On CD: One Hundred 50s Favourites- Pulse (4xCD Set) PBX CD-418	Associated British	Gilbert Gunn	Song by: Geoffrey Parsons/Turner /Garinei/Gorni
The Golden Disc (US:The Inbetween Age) B/W VHS (USA)	1958	Terry Dene Mary Steele Lee Patterson, Denis Lotis Nancy Whiskey Sheila Buxton, The Les Hobeau Skiffle Group, Murray Campbell Phil Seamen Jazz Group Sonny Stewart's Skiffle Kings Teddy Kennedy Group Don Rendell's Six David Jacobs	HMV and Decca 45/78s HMV45/78 - POP 444 ('Dynamo' by The Les Hobeau Skiffle Group- on 'Skiffle Vol.2' ('As Good as it Gets' series) Disky CD : DO 999862) See also Disky CD: DO 250522 for more skiffle tracks Terry Dene songs available on a 2005 Terry Dene Vocalion CD Sheila Buxton sings 'The Inbetween Age' on EMI CD 'Female Vocalists of 1950s'	Butchers	Don Sharp Musical Director: Philip Green Choreography Elizabeth West	Music and Lyrics by Philip Green, Ray Mack, Len Praverman, and others
Hello London Credits	1958	Sonja Henie, Michael Wilding, Eunice Gayson, Trefor Jones, Joan Regan, Roy Castle, Stanley Holloway, Dora Bryan, Robert Coote, Ronnie Graham, Oliver Reed	Musical Numbers: The Way To Make It Hip (Roy Castle), All the Time (Roy Castle), Do It For Me (Roy Castle), When You Know Someone Loves You (Joan Regan), That Deadly Species the Male (Dora Bryan), My Four British Tailors (Ronny Graham/ Trefor Jones), Sing a Song of London# (Stanley Holloway ) , Petticoat Lane (Stanley Holloway). Hello London, Black Ice Ballet, Girl of My Dreams, The Magic of You (all performed by Sonja Henie) # 'Sing a Song of London' (Michael Carr, Jimmy Kennedy) was originally from the 1937 Flanagan and Allen Palladium revue 'London Rhapsody' On EMI CD : Stanley Holloway (recorded 1959)	Kinran/Regal International	Sidney Smith	Michael Carr, Philip Green
I Only Arsked! B/W On DVD (UK)	1958	Bernard Bresslaw	Features "The Whistling Sergeant Major" Available on CD: GDI CD004	Hammer/ Granada Based on TV series "The Army Game''	Montgomery Tully	Benjamin Frankel
The Lady is a Square B/W On DVD(UK) *Part of Anna Neagle Collection* (HMV UK stores only)**	1958	Frankie Vaughan, Anna Neagle Janette Scott Anthony Newley Anthony Newley Site Anthony Newley Society Janette Scott Page	EP Philips BX-9811 45 Philips BBE-12247 Frankie Vaughan sings: Honey Bunny Baby; That's My Doll;The Lady is a Square; Ave Maria	Associated British	Herbert Wilcox	Ray Noble, Dick Glasser, Ann Hall, John Franz, Raymond Dutch, Frank Able
Life is a Circus B/W	1958	The Crazy Gang, Michael Holliday	78 Columbia DB-2725 'Underneath the Arches' Flanagan, and Allen on CD:MFP (UK) *other songs: ''For You'' performed by Michael Holliday, and ''Life is a Circus'' (Flanagan and Allen)** *On Michael Holliday 3x CD set from EMI	Vale/British Lion	Val Guest	Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Philip Green
Man With a Gun B/W	1958	Lee Patterson Glen Mason	Glen Mason sings: 'Fall in love' (on Parlophone 45-R 4485) and 'I don't know' (Julian/Mason) (on Parlophone 45-R 4562)	Merton Park/Anglo Amalgamated Screenplay: Michael Winner	Montgomery Tully	Julian/Glen Mason
Six Five Special B/W Was on VHS (currently out of print)	1958	Avril Leslie, Jo Douglas, Pete Murray, Lonnie Donegan Diane Todd, Jim Dale, Petula Clark, Dickie Valentine, Joan Regan, King Brothers, Don Lang and his Frantic Five, Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra, Cleo Laine, The Kentones, John Barry Seven, Paddy Stone, Russ Hamilton King Brothers Photo The films of Petula Clark	Decca EP DFE-6485 Decca 10" LP: LF-1299 '6.5 Jive' (Love/Day) by the King Brothers is on CD: 'Great British Rock & Roll' (Disky: DO 999892) 'Six Five Special'-early rock and roll shows on UK television Six Five Special:Photos from TV show LP (TV show): Parlophone PMC-1047	Insignia/Anglo Amalgamated	Alfred Shaughnessy	Various MD: Geoff Love
Tom Thumb DVD:	1958	Russ Tamblyn Jessie Matthews Ian Wallace, Bernard Miles and Stan Freberg (Voice)	Jessie Matthews (voice: Norma Zimmer): ''After All These Years''	Galaxy/MGM	George Pal	Peggy Lee Goell, Torre, Spielman
Wonderful Things B/W	1958	Frankie Vaughan	45 Philips BBE-12220 Frankie Vaughan sings: Wonderful Things/Little Fishes	Everest/ABPC	Herbert Wilcox	Harold Rome
Bobbikins B/W	1959	Max Bygraves, Shirley Jones	Decca EP? Songs: Bobbikins Lullaby, Funny Little Clown, Last Night I Dreamed, World of Dreams	20th Century Fox	Robert Day	Philip Green
A Cry From The Streets Available on DVD (UK R2) B/W	1959	Max Bygraves	45 Decca Song: Gotta Have Rain	Film Traders/Eros	Lewis Gilbert	Larry Adler
Desert Mice B/W	1959	Patricia Bredin Sidney James Dora Bryan	Songs include: Oink! Oink! (Dora Bryan/ Sid James) /Lilli Marlene/Bless 'em All	Artna/Rank	Michael Relph	Songs by: Stanley Myers and David Climie/Philip Green and Tommy Connor
Expresso Bongo B/W On DVD in the UK from Carlton and a SPECIAL EDITION DVD from DD video! USA (R1) DVD : Stage Production (Saville Theatre London 1958) CD available of 1958 London Stage Cast, with Paul Scofield and Millicent Martin (AEI)	1959	Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Syms, Cliff Richard, Meier Tzelniker#, Susan Hampshire# (#both from West End cast) Choreography by Kenneth Macmillan Video Review	EP Columbia Songs include: The Shrine on the Second Floor; A Voice in the Wilderness; Love; Bongo Blues; Nausea on CD:'Cliff at the Movies' <map name="boxmap-p8"> <area shape="RECT" coords="14, 200, 103, 207" href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1" > <area coords="0,0,10000,10000" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/britmusfilm" > </map><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/120x240.gif" width="120" height="240" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p8" alt="Shop at Amazon.com">	Britannia/ Conquest/ British Lion Made at Shepperton Studios	Val Guest	Musical Director: Robert Farnon Features two songs from the original show by David Heneker and Monty Norman (music) and Julian More (lyrics) Monty Norman and Wolf Mankowitz Film Songs: Robert Farnon, Val Guest, Norrie Paramor, Bunny Lewis, Paddy Roberts
Follow a Star B/W DVD: UK	1959	Norman Wisdom, Jerry Desmonde, June Laverick	Top Rank 45 JAR 246 : 'Follow a Star' sung by Norman Wisdom. On CD: The Best of Norman Wisdom (EMI Gold) <map name="boxmap-p6"> <area shape="RECT" coords="1, 140, 83, 150" href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1" > <area coords="0,0,10000,10000" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/britmusfilm" > </map><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/120x150.gif" width="120" height="150" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p6" alt="Shop at Amazon.com"> Songs: Follow a Star (NW), Bath Song (NW), I Love You (NW),Give Me [a night in June] (Philip Green/Sonny Miller) You Deserve a Medal for That (Peter Myers/Alec Grahame)	Rank	Robert Asher Choreography by Eleanor Fazan	Songs by Philip Green, Sonny Miller, Norman Wisdom, Peter Myers and Alec Grahame
The Heart of a Man B/W	1959	Frankie Vaughan Anne Heywood, Anthony Newley Tony Britton Anthony Newley Site Anthony Newley Society	EP Philips BX-8136 45 Philips BBE-12317 Frankie Vaughan:'The Heart of a Man'(Peggy Cochrane/Paddy Roberts), 'Walking Tall' (Lionel Bart/Mike Pratt), 'Sometime Somewhere' (Lionel Bart/Frankie Vaughan), 'My Boy Flat Top'* Three songs on CD: Give Me the Moonlight: Best of Frankie Vaughan (Spectrum 5543172) Anne Heywood performs (voice?): 'Love is...'# (Leslie Bricusse/Robin Beaumont)* # this song previously appeared in the stage musical ''Lady at the Wheel" (Bricusse/ Beaumont) at Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith (1958), where it was sung by Lucille Mapp (Recorded on Columbia 45:DB- 4071)	Everest/Rank	Herbert Wilcox (final film) Produced by Anna Neagle Music score: Wally Stott (Associate: Bill McGuffie) Cloud Dance sequence staged by Neil and Pat Delrina	Paddy Roberts /Peggy Cochrane, Lionel Bart /Mike Pratt /Frankie Vaughan, Leslie Bricusse/ Robin Beaumont
Idle on Parade (US:Idol On Parade) B/W	1959	Anthony Newley Anthony Newley Site Anthony Newley Society	EP Decca DFE-6566 *Songs include: I've Waited So Long, Saturday Night Rock a Boogie; Idle on Parade; Idle Rock a Boogie* 45s Decca (2)- same as EP *On CD: Anthony Newley-Best of the Decca Years 1959-1954 (2 x CD set) Decca 455 918-2	Warwick	John Gilling	Jerry Loudan, Len Paverman/ Anthony Newley
Jazzboat B/W	1959	Anthony Newley Ted Heath and His Music Anthony Newley Site Anthony Newley Appreciation Society	45 Decca* *Songs performed by Anthony Newley: Someone To Love, On Our Own, Don't Talk To Me About Love, I Wanna Jive Tonight* Operation Jazzboat and Spider's March, performed by Ted Heath and His Music Jean Philippe performs: Oui,Oui *On CD: Anthony Newley-Best of the Decca Years 1959-1954 (2 x CD set) Decca 455 918-2	Warwick	Ken Hughes	Joe Henderson Michael Julien Anthony Newley
Make Mine a Million B/W On DVD (UK) in 'Sid James Comic Icon Collection' DVD R2	1959	Arthur Askey, Sally Barnes, Sabrina, Gillian Lynne, Tommy Trinder, Dickie Henderson, Evelyn Laye, Dennis Lotis, Patricia Bredin The Television Toppers	Patricia Bredin sings ?? : Till The Right Time Comes/ I Love To Love You on 45 Top Rank JAR257 *(not verified)**	Jack Hylton Prods/British Lion	Lance Comfort	Music by Stanley Black
Serious Charge (US:Immoral Charge) B/W DVD: UK	1959	Cliff Richard	*Cliff Richard sings: Living Doll; Mad About You; No Turning Back;Chinchilla EP Columbia on CD:'Cliff at the Movies'** <map name="boxmap-p8"> <area shape="RECT" coords="14, 200, 103, 207" href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1" > <area coords="0,0,10000,10000" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/britmusfilm" > </map><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/120x240.gif" width="120" height="240" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p8" alt="Shop at Amazon.com">	Alva/Eros	Terence Young	* Lionel Bart and others
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw	1959	Kenneth More Jayne Mansfield	Jayne Mansfield (voice:Connie Francis) performs songs 'In the Valley of Love', 'If the San Francisco Hills Could Only Talk', 'Strolling Down the Lane with Bill' all by Harry Harris (m/l) (cond. by Muir Mathieson) on 78-MGM 998/ 45-MGM-998/ EP- MGM EP-686	20th Century Fox	Raoul Walsh Musical numbers staged by George Carden	Score by Robert Farnon Songs: Harry Harris (m/l)
Sweet Beat (US version has 'extra' scenes) On VHS in UK	1959	Julie Amber Sheldon Lawrence Keith Fordyce Billy Myles Cindy Mann Fred Parris Lee Allen	*Songs: Billy Myles: The Joker/The Mellokings: Tonite, Tonite/ Fred Parris and the 5 Satins: In the Still of the Nite . All on Ember 45rpm records** * Three tracks on the CD: 'Ember House of Hits' Ember: EMBCD005 : *'In the still of the nite', Fred Parris and the Five Satins/ 'Tonight tonight', Mello Kings/* *'The Joker', Billy Myles CD: 'A Tribute to Tony Crombie' Ember: EMBCD011 features 'Sweet Beat' (title song)**	Flamingo/Archway	Ronnie Albert Produced by Jeffrey Kruger	Songs by Tony Crombie, Buddy Kaye, Billy Myles, Fred Parris and others MD: Malcolm Lockyer
Tommy the Toreador On VHS in UK	1959	Tommy Steele Sidney James, Bernard Cribbens	EP Decca DFE-6607 Songs : Where's The Birdie? Take a Ride With Me, That's Fiesta, Singing Time, Little White Bull, Amanda, Tommy the Toreador* * On CD:'Tommy Steele:The Decca Years 1956-1963' Decca 466 409-2 (2 CD Set)	Fanfare	John Paddy Carstairs	Lionel Bart Mike Pratt, Jimmy Bennett

The list below includes MUSICAL MOVIES MADE IN THE USA, BUT WITH A BRITISH CONNECTION (the Film may be set in England/Scotland/Wales/Ireland -OR- It features British performers -OR- The technical crew is British (Director of photography etc). If the studio used for a film's production is in the UK, it is generally classed as a "British" movie. *British stars in US produced movies are shown in BLUE.