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Idle on Parade (1959)
Director: John Gilling
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From Time Out Film Guide
An interesting curiosity, this is a kind of folksy British parody of Elvis Presley's controversial drafting into the US Army: Newley plays a prototype rock singer who is called up, with all the ensuing complications. In retrospect it all seems very quaint, but it was the film that launched Newley (up to that point a straight actor) on a singing career; and the rock songs that Newley sings ('Idle Rock-a-boogie', 'I've Waited So Long', etc) were great hits in their time.Author: DP
Cast & crew
Director: John Gilling
Producer: Harold Huth
Cast: Anthony Newley, William Bendix, Anne Aubrey, Lionel Jeffries, David Lodge, Sidney James full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 92 mins
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