Bop Girl Goes Calypso

Bop Girl Goes Calypso

80 mins | Music | July 1, 1957

Bop Girl Goes Calypso is a 1957 American United Artists film directed by Howard W. Koch and starring Judy Tyler. It featured Calypso music, and music by the Bobby Troup Trio and bassist Jim Aton. The calypso craze of the late 1950s drives this fun musical about grad student Bob Hilton (Bobby Troup), who sets out to prove that rock 'n' roll and bop are going the way of the dinosaur, to be replaced by the refreshing rhythms of calypso.

Bop Girl Goes Calypso

80 mins | Music | July 1, 1957

Bop Girl Goes Calypso
Bop Girl Goes Calypso is a 1957 American United Artists film directed by Howard W. Koch and starring Judy Tyler. It featured Calypso music, and music by the Bobby Troup Trio and bassist Jim Aton. The calypso craze of the late 1950s drives this fun musical about grad student Bob Hilton (Bobby Troup), who sets out to prove that rock 'n' roll and bop are going the way of the dinosaur, to be replaced by the refreshing rhythms of calypso.
IMDb rating 4.9
Producers Bel-Air Productions
Original title Bop Girl Goes Calypso
Directors Howard W. Koch
Writers Hendrik Vollaerts, Arnold Belgard

Cast

Judy Tyler

as Jo Thomas

Bobby Troup

as Robert Hilton

Margo Woode

as Marion Hendricks

Mary Kaye

as Herself (as Mary Kaye Trio)

The Goofers

as Themselves

Lord Flea

as Self

Nino Tempo

as Self

Lucien Littlefield

as Prof. Winthrop

George O'Hanlon

as Barney

Jered Barclay

as Jerry (as Jerry Barclay)

Judy Harriet

as YMCA Rehearsal Singer