Charley Moon

1956 "The fabulous exciting story of the golden boy of show business!"
5.6| 1h29m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 01 May 1956 Released
Producted By: Colin Lesslie Productions
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A new career opens for Charley Moon when, during his army service, he is detailed to appear in a unit concert. In doing so, he becomes friendly with Harold Armytage, a peacetime actor of the old school. Hearing that Charley has no job to go to when demobilized, Armytage suggests they team up as stage comics. Things are not easy; jobs are few and far between, and when they can be found they are in the tattiest of theatres, but Charley gains the experience he needs. They then decide to try their luck in London.

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Music

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Director

Guy Hamilton

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Colin Lesslie Productions

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Charley Moon Audience Reviews

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
Marco Trevisiol I found this musical decent enough with some good tunes (especially during Charley's stage performances) but failing to make much of an impression.At first I thought it was because the story had clichéd elements in it that have been seen a million times before, especially when Charley finds that - gasp! - fame and fortune isn't all it's cracked up to be.But that wasn't the main reason as there have been plenty of great movie musicals full of clichés and obvious story lines.I think what holds this film back is that it lacks what the best Hollywood musicals of this era had, especially the MGM ones. Namely, a confident sense of style and pizazz and a desire to be noticed.The style of 'Charley Moon' is all too modest. Take for example the early segment where Charley Moon's father dies. In a top line Hollywood musical of the day, the melodrama from this would be milked for all its worth. Here, it barely registers any impact.Despite this, it's an OK film. It has some good tunes and is given a level of quality by it's impressive supporting cast (especially Dennis Price). In the lead Max Bygraves is a bit awkward early on but is personable enough and does a solid job overall.