''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
"Rock Around the Clock" is a rock and roll song in the 12-bar blues format written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter being under the pseudonym "Jimmy De Knight") in 1952. The best-known and most successful rendition was record ...
.'' 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
''Don't Knock the Twist'' is a 1962 comedy musical film starring Lang Jeffries, directed by Oscar Rudolph and produced by Sam Katzman for release by Columbia Pictures. It is a sequel to the 1961 film ''Twist Around the Clock'', featuring m ...
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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
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Chubby Checker
Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans; October 3, 1941) is an American rock and roll singer and dancer. He is widely known for popularizing many dance styles, including The Twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighte ...
as Chubby Checker
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Dion DiMucci as Dion (as Dion)
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Vicki Spencer
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Vicki Spencer (born 1945) is an American pop and rock singer.
Spencer is the daughter of dancer Lou Spencer (of the Dunhill Trio dance team). She appeared as a teenage ingénue singer in two 1961 teen-oriented movies, ''Teenage Milliona ...
as Vicki Spencer
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The Marcels as The Marcels
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Cornelius Harp as The Marcels Lead Singer (as The Marcels)
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Fred Johnson as The Marcels Bass Singer (as The Marcels)
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Gene Bricker
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as The Marcels Singer (as The Marcels)
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Ronald Mundy as The Marcels Singer (as The Marcels)
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Richard Knauss as The Marcels Singer (as The Marcels)
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Allen Johnson
Allen Kenneth Johnson (born March 1, 1971) is an American former hurdling athlete who won the gold medal in the 110 metre hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also a four-time world champion.
Born in Washington, D.C. ...
as The Marcels Singer (as The Marcels)
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Clay Cole
Clay Cole (born Albert Franklin Rucker Jr.; January 1, 1938 – December 18, 2010) was an American host and disk jockey, best known for his eponymous television dance program, ''The Clay Cole Show'', which aired in New York City on WNTA-TV and ...
as Clay Cole
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John Cronin as Mitch Mason
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Mary Mitchel
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People
* Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name)
Religious contexts
* New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
* Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...
as Tina Louden (as Mary Mitchell)
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Maura McGiveney as Debbie Marshall
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Tol Avery
Taliaferro Ware "Tol" Avery (August 28, 1915 – August 27, 1973) was an American film and television character actor with more than a hundred screen appearances between 1950 and 1974.
Biography
Early in his career, Avery appeared as "Dennison ...
as Joe Marshall
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Alvy Moore
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as Dizzy Bellew
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Lenny Kent
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as Georgie Clark
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Tom Middleton as Jimmy Cook
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Jeff Malloy
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Music
* DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ/turntablist record producer Jeffrey Allen Townes
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as Larry Louden (as Jeff Parker)
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John Bryant as Harry Davis
Production
External links
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1961 films
1961 musical films
Twist (dance)
Columbia Pictures films
Musical film remakes
1960s English-language films
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