The Mills Bros and Fats Domino (and a guest appearance from 'The Diamonds') headline this enthusiastic but lackluster Universal film made I would guess because of the existence and box office of The Girl Can't Help It released the year before. Very short running time and rather pedestrian in tone - but in color - THE BIG BEAT is like a remake of Columbia's Rock Around the Clock - but in color - which might have been the production trade off for not having bigger genuine rocknroll stars and more footage: all to keep the budget the same as if it had.
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