Jailhouse Rock (1957)





Sentenced to jail for manslaughter, Vince Everett is taught to play the guitar by his cell-mate. After he is freed, he starts up a record company and soon a sensational new rock 'n' roll star is born.


Books with substantial mentioning of Jailhouse Rock

Don Tyler
The Great Movie Musicals
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2010
pp. 157-159 info

Jürgen Müller (ed.)
Movies of the 50s
Köln, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Tokyo, 2005

James Robert Parish
Prison Pictures from Hollywood, Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 293 Theatrical and Made-for-Television Releases
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Douglas Brode
The Films of the Fifties
Secaucus, NJ, 1976

Books with an entry on Jailhouse Rock

Alan G. Fetrow
Feature Films, 1950 - 1959, a United States Filmography
Jefferson, NC, 1999

Articles with substantial mentioning of Jailhouse Rock

The 45 greatest rock 'n' roll moments in movie history, in: Empire, nr. 162, 2002 pp. 124-135



Year: 1957
Country: United States
Language: English
 
IMDb: 0050556