Rock Around the Clock (film)
1956 musical film directed by Fred F. Sears / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Rock Around the Clock | |
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Directed by | Fred F. Sears |
Written by | Robert E. Kent James B. Gordon |
Produced by | Sam Katzman |
Starring | Bill Haley and His Comets Alan Freed The Platters Freddie Bell and the Bellboys |
Cinematography | Benjamin H. Kline |
Edited by | Saul A. Goodkind Jack Ogilvie |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | under $500,000[1] or $300,000[2] |
Box office | $1.1 million (US)[3] or $4 million (world gross)[2] |
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).