Rock All Night
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 Original film poster by Albert Kallis |
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| Directed by | Roger Corman |
| Produced by | Roger Corman |
| Written by | Charles B. Griffith David P. Harmon (teleplay) |
| Starring | Dick Miller Abby Dalton Russell Johnson Mel Welles |
| Cinematography | Floyd Crosby |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 24 April 1957 (USA) |
| Running time | 62 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Rock All Night is a 1957 American International Pictures (AIP) film produced and directed by Roger Corman based on a 1955 television episode of The Jane Wyman Theatre called Little Guy.
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[edit] Plot
Two escaping killers hide out in a bar and hold the bartender and clients hostage. Amongst the patrons are a nervous singer (Abby Dalton), a boxer, his wife, and manager, an extortionist, a loud thug and his girlfriend, and a small man who can pick people's real as opposed to posed personalities and has no fear (Dick Miller).
[edit] Production
Songwriter and manager Buck Ram offered a slew of his musical talent such as The Platters, The Blockbusters, and Nora Hayes to AIP for a film in return for having the sole rights to a soundtrack album for the film. Corman filmed Ram's acts lip synching their tunes on a separate set that comprise the beginning of the film. Rock All Night was made in five days[1] and originally appeared as a double feature with Dragstrip Girl.
Comedian Lord Buckley had planned to be in the film, but when he was unavailable, one of Corman's stock company and a writer for Buckley, Mel Welles imitated Buckley in the role of "Sir Bop".
Dick Miller a former Navy boxing champion played the role Dane Clark did in the television show with Russell Johnson playing the role that Lee Marvin did.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ p.74 Denisoff, R. Serge & Romanowski, William D. Risky Business: Rock in Film 1991 Transaction Books
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0614517/
[edit] References
- Corman, Roger and Jerome, Jim How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime 1998 Da Capo Press
- Naha, Ed The Films of Roger Corman: Brilliance on a Budget 1984 Olympic Marketing
