1.11.09

rock all night (1957)

"Why is it aways that little guys want to start fights?"
The Cloud 9 is a bar where all the teens hang out, but complications arise when a couple of criminals take over the place, and holding some of the kids hostage. The police and the various motley characters in the bar prove powerless to help and it falls to Shorty (Dick Miller), a guy with a chip on his shoulder, to resolve the problem.

A thin but entertaining plot that mainly acts as a way to show performances by The Platters and The Blockbusters. Then we get to watch as the various musclemen and heroes prove to be anything but, as the hostage takers quickly unwind due to nerves. Good little melodrama supposedly based on an episode of a TV show.

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