Idol on Parade

1959

Comedy

1
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 232 232

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Plot summary

A rock'n'roll idol is drafted into the wrong regiment.

Director

John Gilling Photo
John Gilling

Top cast

Aileen Lewis Photo
Aileen Lewis as Onlooker
Lionel Jeffries Photo
Lionel Jeffries as Burton Bassett
Clive Dunn Photo
Clive Dunn as Reporter
Rosamund Greenwood Photo
Rosamund Greenwood as Spinster
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94.05 MB
1280*982
English 2.0
Approved
23.976 fps
12 hr 10 min
Seeds 3
174.79 MB
1118*858
English 2.0
Approved
23.976 fps
12 hr 10 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 5 / 10

The escapades of rock 'n roller "Jeep Jackson

The escapades of rock 'n roller "Jeep Jackson" (Anthony Newley) after he is called up, but posted to the "Wrexham Foot" regiment by mistake. Lionel Jeffries ("Burton Bassett") is his commanding officer, and together with William Bendix ("Sgt. Lush") has to try and knock him into shape. I'm not sure why the otherwise talented Newley would ever have agreed to do this. It's a mess. Bendix and Jeffries are way off form in a comedy drama that staggers from one dud scenario to another. The songs - not helped by some seriously out-of-synch dubbing - are pretty mundane and the whole thing drags from the "on Monday, on Tuesday...". opening bars. It does teach you how to maintain a bearskin hat, but that's about all!
Reviewed by 6 / 10

Based on Terry Dene

Dene was a rock n roll star of the fifties.He was called up for National Service.However he only lasted 2 months before being discharged for mental health reasons.This comic slant on the situation is still quite fun,even though Newley is about 10 years to old for the role.William Bendix was one of my favourite actors,though good in this part was about 10 years too old.I liked Lionel Jefferies too but here he goes just a bit too far over the top.
Reviewed by 6 / 10

British Elvis Goes In The Military

Poor Elvis Presley. Had he realized he could have done his military obligation and not have to put a career on hold, he might very well have become a British subject. Elvis's being drafted into the army was world wide news back in the day and the British sought to take advantage of it with this film, Idol On Parade. It casts Anthony Newley as a young British rock and roller who has to do his national service and even being a teen idol won't get him out of it. His status causes no end of grief to Captain Lionel Jeffries and the drill sergeant William Bendix. Around this time Bendix went over across the pond and made a few features for the British film industry. He mastered an Irish accent quite well for the part. I wouldn't have thought anyone as American urban as Bill Bendix could have carried it off, but he did.The interesting thing I found was that I had just finished reading Tommy Steele's memoirs, Bermondsey Boy, where Steele goes into some detail about his national service. He eschewed military service for the sea, serving as a steward on one of her Majesty's ocean liners. Actually some of what Tommy had to say would make an interesting film.Newley fits the role well as a teen idol and the lovely Anne Aubrey who is Jeffries's daughter in the film is his romantic interest. That's part, but only part of the story of Idol On Parade.
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