Rock Around the Clock is a 1956 musical film featuring Bill Haley and His Comets along with Alan Freed, the Platters, Tony Martinez and His Band and Freddie Bell and His Bellboys.

Talbot's primary interest in Hollis, however, is to have him marry her as she has been wooing him for some time, and she's determined to prevent him from succeeding without his working directly for her agency, and Lisa in any event.

A few months prior to shooting the film, the Comets had undergone a major change in personnel, with several members leaving the group.

The only songs on which all musicians shown on screen were also involved in the recording session are "See You Later Alligator," the rehearsal prior to "R-O-C-K" and the live-to-camera rendition of "Rudy's Rock."

During the performances of "Rock Around the Clock," Franny Beecher is shown playing the guitar for Danny Cedrone, who had originally been on the recording session, and who had died 18 months earlier.

Rock Around the Clock was a major box-office success, and soon many more rock-and-roll musical films (notably the big-budget "A" picture The Girl Can't Help It) would be produced.

Later in 1956, Bill Haley and His Comets headlined a loose sequel, Don't Knock the Rock, also directed by Sears and produced by Katzman, and again featuring Alan Freed as himself.

This was attributed to the harsh and strict environment in Germany in combination with an identification of young Germans with the anti-establishment theme of the movie.

[5] On January 23, 2007, Sony Pictures released the first Region 1 DVD edition of the film alongside Don't Knock the Rock.