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The Big Beat: Directed by Will Cowan. With William Reynolds, Andra Martin, Gogi Grant, Jeffrey Stone. Young man just out of college tries to persuade his father, who owns a record company, to start signing up rock 'n' roll acts.
The Big Beat is a 1958 American musical comedy film distributed by Universal International, which was directed and produced by Will Cowan, written by David P. Harmon, and starred William Reynolds, Andra Martin, Gogi Grant, and Jeffrey Stone.
Synopsis. In New York, Joseph Randall, the owner of Randall Records, names his son John as the company's new vice-president, to the pleasure of A&R man Danny Phillips. John immediately urges his father to eschew the company's middle-of-the-road love ballads in favor of newer musical genres, such as rock and roll, calypso or rhythm and blues ...
Overview. User Reviews. Cast & Crew. Related. Share on. facebook. twitter. Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Shipped out on a double bill with Summer Love, Universal's The Big Beat is another of those "rock & roll salads" so popular in the late 1950s.
Hace 2 días · Released May 24th, 1958, 'The Big Beat' stars William Reynolds, Andra Martin, Gogi Grant, Jeffrey Stone The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 21 min, and received a user score of 55 (out...
Full Cast & Crew. See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro. Directed by. Writing Credits. Cast (in credits order) . William Reynolds. ... John Randall. Andra Martin. ... Nikki Collins. Gogi Grant. ... Cindy Adams. Jeffrey Stone. ... Danny Phillips. Rose Marie. ... May Gordon. Hans Conried. ... Vladimir Skilsky. Bill Goodwin. ... Joseph Randall.
THE BIG BEAT is a compromise music drama of its era: lacking the fun and stars of The Girl Can't help It and actual rocknroll performers of any Columbia / Alan Freed movie - but in color. As a result it looks great but is slow and a bit dull. The Mills Bros and Fats Domino are terrific as always, but there is no youth energy present.
