Twist Around the Clock
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Directed by | Oscar Rudolph |
Written by | Robert E. Kent |
Produced by | Sam Katzman |
Starring | Chubby Checker |
Cinematography | Gordon Avil |
Edited by | Jerome Thoms |
Music by | Freddy Karger |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | December 30, 1961 |
Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.4 million (US/Canada)[1] |
Twist Around the Clock is an American musical film released in 1961. It was a remake of Sam Katzman and Robert E. Kent's Rock Around the Clock. Like Rock Around the Clock, which was followed by a sequel titled Don't Knock the Rock, the film was followed by a sequel titled Don't Knock the Twist.
Plot
A struggling manager visiting a hayseed town discovers a new dance craze, the Twist, and hopes to turn it into an overnight nationwide sensation.
Cast
- Chubby Checker as Chubby Checker
- Dion DiMucci as Dion (as Dion)
- Vicki Spencer as Vicki Spencer
- The Marcels as The Marcels
- Cornelius Harp as The Marcels Lead Singer (as The Marcels)
- Fred Johnson as The Marcels Bass Singer (as The Marcels)
- Gene Bricker as The Marcels Singer (as The Marcels)
- Ronald Mundy as The Marcels Singer (as The Marcels)
- Richard Knauss as The Marcels Singer (as The Marcels)
- Allen Johnson as The Marcels Singer (as The Marcels)
- Clay Cole as Clay Cole
- John Cronin as Mitch Mason
- Mary Mitchel as Tina Louden (as Mary Mitchell)
- Maura McGiveney as Debbie Marshall
- Tol Avery as Joe Marshall
- Alvy Moore as Dizzy Bellew
- Lenny Kent as Georgie Clark
- Tom Middleton as Jimmy Cook
- Jeff Malloy as Larry Louden (as Jeff Parker)
- John Bryant as Harry Davis
Production
Twist Around the Clock only cost $250,000 to make, but in less than six months it grossed six million - so of course I'm gonna make more 'Twist' movies !
— Sam Katzman
Critical reception
Describing the film as having "something resembling a plot," critic Eleanor Mannikka wrote in AllMovie that "In the end, this teen-oriented tale is best remembered for two of Dion's hit songs, "Runaround Sue" and "The Wanderer".[2] Writing for Turner Classic Movies, critic Rob Nixon described the film as "a remake of the first true rock 'n' roll musical, Rock Around the Clock (1956), with a nearly identical plot."[3] A review of the film in TV Guide described it as "a bit of good fun" that "bears a certain naive charm of a long-gone era," and that it "is really just an excuse for plenty of rock tunes."[4]
References
- ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1962". Variety. 9 Jan 1963. p. 13. Please note these are rentals and not gross figures
- ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Twist Around the Clock (1961)". AllMovie. Netaktion LLC. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ Nixon, Rob. "Twist Around the Clock (1961)". Turner Classic Movies. Turner Classic Movies, Inc. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ "Twist Around the Clock - Movie Review". TV Guide. TV Guide. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
External links
- Twist Around the Clock at IMDb
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