Twist Around The Clock

Twist Around The Clock

It's twist-errific! - the first full-length movie about the twist!

1961•1h 23m•3.7/10

MusicComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

3.7/10(7)

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

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Production

Four-Leaf Productions, Columbia Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Chubby Checker

Chubby Checker

Chubby Checker

Dion DiMucci

Dion DiMucci

Dion

Vicki Spencer

Vicki Spencer

Cornelius Harp

The Marcels Singer

Frederick Molton Johnson

The Marcels Singer

Gene Bricker

The Marcels Singer

Ronald Mundy

The Marcels Singer

Richard Knauss

The Marcels Singer

Allen Johnson

The Marcels Singer

Clay Cole

Clay Cole

John Cronin

Mitch Mason

Mary Mitchel

Mary Mitchel

Tina Louden

Maura McGiveney

Debbie Marshall

Tol Avery

Tol Avery

Joe Marshall

Alvy Moore

Alvy Moore

Dizzy Bellew

Lenny Kent

Lenny Kent

Georgie Clark

Tom Middleton

Jimmy Cook

Jeff Malloy

Larry Louden

John Bryant

John Bryant

Harry Davis

Renee Aubry

Cynthia Cranley (uncredited)

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