Twist Around the Clock

Twist Around the Clock
File:Twist around the clock poster.jpg Theatrical Poster.
Directed by	Oscar Rudolph
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Written by	Robert E. Kent
Starring	Chubby Checker
Music by	Freddy Karger
Cinematography	Gordon Avil
Edited by	Jerome Thoms
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	1961 (1961)
Running time	86 minutes
Language	English

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, this film was followed by a sequel titled, Don't Knock the Twist.

Synopsis

A struggling manager visits a hayseed town and discovers a new dance craze, "the Twist" and hopes to turn it into an overnight nationwide sensation.

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

Singers/groups featured

• Chubby Checker ... Chubby Checker
• Dion DiMucci ... Dion (as Dion)
• Vicki Spencer ... Vicki Spencer
• The Marcels ... The Marcels
• Cornelius Harp ... The Marcels Lead Singer (as The Marcels)
• Fred Johnson ... The Marcels Bass Singer (as The Marcels)
• Gene Bricker ... The Marcels Singer (as The Marcels)
• Ronald Mundy ... The Marcels Singer (as The Marcels)
• Richard Knauss ... The Marcels Singer (as The Marcels)
• Allen Johnson ... The Marcels Singer (as The Marcels)
• Clay Cole ... Clay Cole
• John Cronin ... Mitch Mason
• Mary Mitchel ... Tina Louden (as Mary Mitchell)
• Maura McGiveney ... Debbie Marshall
• Tol Avery ... Joe Marshall
• Alvy Moore ... Dizzy Bellew
• Lenny Kent ... Georgie Clark
• Tom Middleton ... Jimmy Cook
• Jeff Malloy ... Larry Louden (as Jeff Parker)
• John Bryant ... Harry Davis

External links

• Twist Around the Clock at IMDb