- Source: Ragazzi del Juke-Box
Ragazzi del Juke-Box (a.k.a. Juke-Box Kids) is a 1959 Italian "musicarello" film directed (and co-written) by Lucio Fulci and starring Mario Carotenuto, Elke Sommer and Anthony Steffen. Lucio Fulci has a cameo in the film as a festival organizer.
More than for the subject and the script, it deserves to be considered for the cast comprising some of the greatest characters of Italian pop music at the time of the screamers. The film sees the first film success of Adriano Celentano (who the previous year had made a first appearance in I frenetici) and includes for example the version of the band I Campioni of the song considered the first Italian rock'n roll, Ciao ti dirò del 1958 with text by Giorgio Calabrese and music by Gian Franco Reverberi [1] already interpreted by Giorgio Gaber and then by Ricky Gianco.
Plot
Sir Cesari (Mario Carotenuto) runs a record company that promotes the classical music he loves. But when he goes to prison, his attractive young daughter Giulia (Elke Sommer) takes over the company and uses it to promote rock n' roll singers instead.
Cast
Mario Carotenuto: Commander Cesari
Elke Sommer: Giulia Cesari
Anthony Steffen: Paolo Macelloni
Giacomo Furia: Gennarino
Yvette Masson: Maria Davanzale
Fred Buscaglione and his Asternovas: Fred and his band
Adriano Celentano and the Modern Jazz Gang: Adriano and his band
Betty Curtis: Betty Dorys
Gianni Meccia: Jimmy
Tony Dallara: Tony Bellaria
Mario Ambrosino: il contino
Giuliano Mancini: Jimmy
Karin Well: Girl at club
Umberto D'Orsi
Enzo Garinei
Ornella Vanoni
Lucio Fulci: Festival organizer
References
External links
Ragazzi del Juke-Box at IMDb