<Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $1.1 million (US) </Td> </Tr> <P> Rock Around the Clock is the title of a 1956 musical film that featured Bill Haley and His Comets along with Alan Freed, the Platters, Tony Martinez and His Band and Freddie Bell and His Bellboys . It was produced by B - movie king Sam Katzman (who would produce several Elvis Presley films in the 1960s) and directed by Fred F. Sears . </P> <P> The film was shot over a short period of time in January 1956 and released in March 1956 to capitalize on Haley's success and the popularity of his multimillion - selling recording "Rock Around the Clock" that debuted in the 1955 teen flick Blackboard Jungle, and is considered the first major rock and roll musical film . Haley's 1954 recording was previously played over the opening credits of Blackboard Jungle and the same recording was used for the opening of Rock Around the Clock, marking a rare occasion where the same recording opened films released in such a short interval (the recording would be used once again to open the 1973 film American Graffiti). </P>

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