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When crooners panic and teenagers riot: a time capsule of musical chaos.
TMDB
40
IMDb
50
Rotten Tomatoes
29
Audience Score
29

Let's Rock! (1958)

Midcentury mayhemBaby's first culture warJukebox propaganda

Overview

Music

A lounge singer tries to adjust to rock 'n' roll music.

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rock 'n' roll

Standout Aspects

Acting

Julius LaRosa's sweaty desperation as a man watching his career evaporate.

Production

Genuine performance footage of Paul Anka and Della Reese before they were legends.

Best for:Background: Perfect folding-laundry energy with occasional 'wait, is that Della Reese?' moments.·Friends: Drinking game: sip whenever someone says 'this rock and roll nonsense.'·Rewatch: Cinephiles tracking 1950s pop culture anxiety in real time.
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Director

Harry Foster

ReleasedOct 29, 1958
Runtime1h 19m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitylow
Tonelight
Feellight
Columbia Pictures

Top Cast

Phyllis Newman

Phyllis Newman

Kathy Abbott

Conrad Janis

Conrad Janis

Charlie

Joy Harmon

Joy Harmon

Pickup Girl (as Joy Harman)

Paul Anka

Paul Anka

Himself

Della Reese

Della Reese

Herself

Wink Martindale

Wink Martindale

Himself

Charles Nelson Reilly

Charles Nelson Reilly

Announcer

Ned Wertimer

Ned Wertimer

Studio Manager

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

This was Julius LaRosa's only starring film role after his infamous 1953 firing from Arthur Godfrey's show on live radio—casting him as a has-been fighting irrelevance was either cruel irony or genius.

Trivia

Della Reese's musical numbers were filmed in one take because the budget ran out, and they're among the only surviving early footage of her performing.

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