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During his lifetime Elvis Presley made 33 films ranging from romantic comedies to serious documentaries, within this page you will see the movie posters, cast and info to all the king's films in chronological order Click on the poster to see cast and info for that film
Cast Elvis Presley Richard Egan Debra Paget Neville Brand Mildred Dunnock William Campbell Robert Middleton Director Robert D. Webb The film was originally titled The Reno Brothers, but was changed the love me tender because of the title song (which hit number one on the charts) Shot in black and white love me tender is set in past civil war Texas. Elvis’ manager, Colonel parker, was if nothing else a savvy marketer. He purposely planned the film to open around the thanksgiving holiday when Elvis’ fans – mostly young schoolgirls – would be home and available to see the movie more than once. They did and the film was a smash. The colonel would use this strategy on several other Elvis releases.
Cast Elvis Presley Lizabeth Scott Wendell Corey Dolores Hart James Gleason Director Hal Kanter Originally called, Lonesome Cowboy, the title was changed to reflect the title song. The plot, that of a small town country boy (Elvis Plays Deke Rivers) who is discovered and makes it big as a singer is based loosely on Elvis’ own rags to riches story.
Cast Elvis Presley Judy Tyler Mickey Shaughnessy Dean Jones Vaughn Taylor Director Richard Thorpe The song writing team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who wrote ‘Hound Dog’ wrote virtually the entire score for Jailhouse rock, considered by most Elvis devotes, as his best cinematic effort. Said Stoller “We thought we the only two whites kids who knew anything about the blues, but he (Elvis) knew all kinds of stuff.”
Cast Elvis Presley Carolyn Jones Walter Matthau Dean Jagger Dolores Hart Vic Morrow Paul Stewart Lilane Montevecchi Director Michael Curtiz Elvis plays Danny fisher a New Orleans nightclub singer who gets dragged into the criminal A Stone for Danny Fisher, which was set in Chicago. Not only was this Elvis’ favourite film, it was his first movie to be partially filmed on location (in Louisiana) Soon after completing the movie, Elvis reported to Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, for the star of his two year stint in the army.
Cast Elvis Presley Juliet Prowes Robert Ivers James Douglas Leticia Roman Ludwig Stossel Director Norman Taurog What better film title to welcome U.S Army veteran Elvis back to his adoring fans after a two-year absence from the silver screen. In G.I. Blues, Elvis (Tulsa McLean) plays a tank gunner and a guitar strumming G.I in West Germany out to win a bet that he can get a date with a nightclub dancer played by leggy Musical star Juliet Prowes.
Cast Elvis Presley Barbara Eden Steve Forrest Dolores Del Rio John McIntire Director Don Siegel Considered by many to be Elvis’ best film and the one that best displayed his natural and unfulfilled potential as an actor. Elvis plays Peter Burton, a person born half Native American who must choose sides when his mother’s people go on the warpath. The film is unusual because Elvis sings the title song over the credits and one song at the birthday party only a few minutes into the movie. The lack of Elvis vocalizing came as a disappointment to many of his fans. Cast Elvis Presley Hope Lange Tuesday Weld Millie Perkins John Ireland Gary Lockwood Christina Crawford Rafer Johnson Director Phillip Dunne This is one of Elvis’ least remembered films, but it remained one of his personal favourites. In the film Elvis plays Glenn Tyler a backcountry boy with limited education and a quick temper. That is, until he meets up with a psychiatric counsellor (Hope Lange) who encourages him to pursue a literary career.
Cast Elvis Presley Joan Blackman Angela Lansbury Iris Adrian Nancy Walters Roland Winters Director Norman Taurog
A light, breezy musical comedy shot on location in Hawaii in which Elvis plays Chad Gates a soldier who returns to the islands after two years in the army, determined not to work in his families pineapple business Instead Elvis take a job in a tourist agency, where his girlfriend (Joan Blackman) works. A schoolgirl (of Legal age) develops a crush on Elvis, which causes some tension with his sweetheart. After a few songs, the relationship gets patched up and the happy couple gets married in an extravagant wedding onboard a boat.
Cast Elvis Presley Arthur O’Connell Ann Helm Joanna Moore Jack Kruschen Simon Oakland Director Gordon Douglas Follow that dream; based on the novel, Pioneer Go Home nicely showcases Elvis’ flair for light comedy. In the movie, Elvis plays Toby Kwimper faces some opposition when he and his hillbilly family attempt to homestead on a closed stretch of highway near a Florida beach after running out of gas. Elvis is elected sheriff by the homesteaders and must confront a group of gangsters who try to set up a gambling business. Using his judo skills (he was a marital arts expert in real life) Elvis cleans house for the hoods. Cast Elvis Presley Gig Young Lola Albright Ned Glass Joan Blackman Charles Bronson Director Phil Karlson Kid Galahad is a musical remake of a 1937 drama starring Edward G Robinson, Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart. The movie was also another excuse for Elvis to go shirtless – the third in a row he did. No doubt, wise marketing ploys by the colonel to explot Elvis’ still trim physique for his female fans. Speaking of muscle men, look fast for a young Charles Bronson as Elvis’ corner man.
Cast Elvis Presley Stella Stevens Jeremy Slate Laurel Goodwin Benson Fong Robert Strauss Ginny Tiu Director Norman Taurog Girls! Girls! Girls! Has been described as an Elvis film in which he sings 13 songs and pretty much gets chased by girls during the rest of the 106 minutes duration of the movie. Co-screenwriter Allan Weiss worked for producer Hal Wallis and told American Movie Classics this about his first exposure to Elvis “I had the privilege of being present on the day he (Wallis) made Elvis’ test. No one had any expectations; he was such a strange quiet fellow – so completely foreign. But he sang and read a scene from The Rainmaker, and answered questions asked from off screen – and it was phenomenal. It was an amazing experience to be there; one of the life-changing experiences. IT
HAPPENED AT THE WORLDS FAIR (1963)
Cast Elvis Presley Jean O’Brien Gary Lockwood Yvonne Craig Vicky Tiu Director Norman Taurog Nothing really notable about this film in which Mike Edwards (Elvis) and jean O’Brien end up getting together during the Seattle Worlds fair, thanks to the matchmaking efforts of a little girl. If you look closely you’ll see a very young Kurt Russell make his screen début as a boy who kicks Elvis. Ironically, years later, Russell would play Elvis I a television documentary about the king of rock and roll.
Cast Elvis Presley Ursula Andress Paul Lukas Alejandro Rey Director Richard Thorpe A decent storyline and an easy on the eyes scenery characterize this Elvis outing. Elvis plays Mike Wingren; a trapeze artist who leaves the U S for Mexico after an accident seriously injures his partner. In Acapulco, Elvis gets a job as a singer at a fancy hotel and becomes involved with two beautiful women – Elsa Cardenas Ursula Andress. Elvis has a chance to sing, overcome his fear of heights by cliff diving and eventually chooses Andress (not a real hard choice)
Cast Elvis Presley Arthur O’Connell Glenda Farrell Jack Albertson Yvonne Craig Donald woods Pamela Austin Director Gene Nelson Sam Katzman was a cut-rate ‘B-Movie’ producer who enjoyed a small amount of fame thanks to the 1964 biopic of country singer Hank Williams called ‘Your Cheatin’ Heart’. Colonel Parker was impressed by the film and signed Katzman on as producer for Kissin’ Cousins. Katzman lived up to his schlocky reputation and completed the film after only 17 days at the cost of only $1.7 million (one third of the budget for Blue Hawaii) Its generally agreed that with the exception of Viva Las Vegas, which was shot prior to Kissin’ Cousins, the rest of Elvis’ films follow a similar formula; exotic locations, pretty girls, lame but action filled plot and an LP worth of songs.
Cast Elvis Presley Ann-Margret William Demarest Jack Carter Nicky Blair Cesare Danova Director George Sydney
Viva Las Vegas was Elvis' most successful movie grossing, $5.5 million at the box office. in it Elvis plays a Lucky Jackson, a nascar driver who immediately falls for Ann-Margret, who he assumes is a Vegas showgirl. She really is a swimming instructor at a hotel pool, but what does it matter? Elvis still sings and gets the girl. It was the beginning of a close personal relationship between elvis and Ann-Margret.
Cast Elvis Presley Barbara Stanwyck Joan Freeman Leif Erickson Sue Ane Langdon Jack Albertson Director John Rich Roustabout is a little hit like The Big Valley meets Carousel. That’s because Charlie Rogers (Elvis) gets a job as a ‘roustabout’ or handyman in a carnival run by Barbara Stanwyck, a distinguished movie actress best remembered as the star of the television series, ‘The Big Valley’. Look closely and you’ll see Raquel Welch and Teri Garr with unaccredited cameo appearances. Elvis reportedly dated Welch.
Cast Elvis Presley Shelley Fabares Gary Crosby Mary Ann Mobley Harold J Stone Jackie Coogan Director Boris Sagal Rusty
Wells (Elvis) is hired by a Chicago mobster to go to Fort Lauderdale
during spring break as a chaperon to his daughter (Stella Fabares) Look
for Jackie Coogan, former child actor and ‘Uncle Fester’ On TV’s The
Adams Family. “I loved him dearly,” Fabares said of her co-star. “We did Girl Happy, Spinout and Clambake together, and always found him to be funny, charming and a true southern gentleman. I’m afraid appearing in those pictures bored him to tears. I miss him every day and think about him all the time”
Cast Elvis Presley Jocelyn Lane Julie Adams Jack Mullaney Merry Anders Connie Gilchrist Director Norman Taurog Elvis Plays Lonnie Beale a singing rodeo rider who gets a job at an all-female health spa and dude ranch. There’s a subplot involving a stash of gold in a ghost-mine and some crooks. Elvis subdues the crooks and gets the girl (Jocelyn)
Cast Elvis Presley Mary Ann Mobley Fran Jeffries Michael Ansara Phillip Reed Billy Barty Director Gene Nelson By this time in his film career it was painfully obvious that Elvis was sleepwalking through his movies. In Harum Scarum he plays Johnny Tyrone, a film and recording star visiting the Midwest who gets kidnapped in a mythical Arab country.
Cast Elvis Presley Donna Douglas Nancy Kovack Sue Ann Langdon Harry Morgan Director Fred De Cordova An old saloon song is expanded into a feature film for Elvis. Playing Johnny a Mississippi riverboat gambler. Donna Douglas (Elly May Clampett) on the television series The Beverley Hillbillies plays his love interest Frankie. Fred De
Cordova, best known as Johnny Carson’s producer on the tonight show
directed. He also has the dubious distinction of directing the Ronald
Reagan starrer, Bedtime for Bonzo
PARADISE
HAWAIIAN STYLE (1966) Cast Elvis Presley James Shigeta Suzanna Leigh Donna Butterworth Director Michael Moore Producer Hall Wallis was definitely running out of ideas. For Paradise Hawaiian Style is almost a rehash of the film Blue Hawaii released just five years earlier.
Cast Elvis Presley Shelley Fabares Deborah Walley Diane McBain Carl Betz Una Merkel Director Norman Taurog The title could also works as a prophecy of Elvis’ film career at this point in time. Produced by Joe Pasternak responsible for many fine films during the golden age of Hollywood musical at MGM (including Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) Spinout is not one of his best. It’s just another typical Elvis vehicle in which the king plays a racer car driver (Mike McCoy) who has four different young ladies chasing after him. Somehow Elvis manages to marry all four girls.
Cast Elvis Presley Dodie Marshall Pat Priest Pat Harrington Elsa Lanchester Frank McHugh Director John Rich Elvis Plays Ted Jackson a navy frogman in search of buried treasure. When in pursuit of the treasure Elvis encounters some pirates out to claim the booty, Elvis kicks a little booty to claim the loot.
Cast Elvis Presley Annette day Yvonne Romain John Williams Leon Askin Michael Murphy Director Norman Taurog The MGM back lot is transformed into a European set for this rather unusual Elvis vehicle. He plays Guy Lambert who tours England and get entangled in the life of a teenage heiress (Annette Day) Her guardian wants her to have no part of Elvis, so he ships her off to school in Belgium, not knowing that Elvis has a singing engagement in Brussels. When Elvis is mistaken for a jewel smuggler the hi-jinks really begin.
Cast Elvis Presley Shelley Fabares Bill Bixby Will Hutchins Gary Merrill Director Arthur Nadel Scott Haywood (Elvis) is the son of a millionaire who trades places with a poor water-ski instructor in order to find a woman (Shelley Fabares in her third and final Elvis movie) who loves him rather than his money. Elvis must vie for Fabares’ affections against Bill (Incredible Hulk) Bixby.
Cast Elvis Presley Burgess Meredith Joan Blondell Katy Jurado Henry Jones Director Peter Tewksbury Elvis plays Joe Lightclod a Navajo Indian who, along with his father, burgess Meredith convinces a congressman to permit his people to raise cattle in exchange for government assistance to their Arizona reservation.
Cast Elvis Presley Nancy Sinatra Bill Bixby Gale Gordon William Schallert Carl Ballantine Director Norman Taurog Elvis was the king of rock ‘n’ roll and in speedway he gets to romance Nancy Sinatra, daughter of the chairman of the board Steve Grayson (Elvis) is a big hearted stock car racer who shares his winnings with those in need. When his business manager (Bill Bixby) loses most of his winnings at the horse races, the Internal Revenue Service in the form of Sinatra comes calling.
LIVE
A LITTLE, LOVE A LITTLE (1968) Cast Elvis Presley Michele Carey Rudy Vallee Don Porter Dick Sargent Sterling Holloway Director Norman Taurog Greg Nolan (Elvis) is a photographer with two very different assignments – photographer for a conservative publisher (Rudy Vallee) and for a skin a magazine. The film’s antics centre on his ability to balance both jobs without letting his bosses know what he is up to.
Cast Elvis Presley Ina Balin Victor French Lyn Kellogg Barbara Werle Director Charles Marguis Warren It was too late by this time to establish Elvis as a serious actor, but that’s what Charro! Attempted to do. Elvis plays Jess Wade an ex-gang member who tangles with his former gang members. He sings only the title song in this film.
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TROUBLE WITH GIRLS (AND HOW TO GET INTO IT) (1969) Cast Elvis Presley Marlyn Mason Vincent Price Sheree North Dabney Coleman Director Peter Tewksbury A period piece set in the 1920’s; Elvis plays Walter Hale, the manager of Chautauqua, a travelling medicine show. During a one-week stand in a town Elvis gets into girl trouble and subsequently trouble with the locals. An illicit love affair ends in homicide and Elvis falls in love with Marlyn Mason. The movie is really the first one that features Elvis and his late period mutton chop sideburns.
Cast Elvis Presley Mary Tyler Moore Barbara McNair Ed Asner Director William Graham This would be Elvis’ last storyline film. In Change of habit he plays Dr. John Carpenter, a hip and socially conscious doctor who practices medicine in a poor urban neighbourhood. Three nuns (one been Mary Tyler Moore) are asked to shed their habits in favour of civilian clothes to do social work in the inner city. Elvis not knowing that Mary is a nun falls in love with her forcing her to make a choice, Elvis or the church.
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THAT’S THE WAY IT IS (1970) Cast Elvis Presley Director Dennis Sanders This would be the first of two successful live concert films that shows Elvis both behind the scenes and in front of an enthusiastic Las Vegas audience. The white jumpsuits and the expanding waistline are now clearly visible. Said Henry Resnik in the Saturday review, “Elvis is magnificent, more powerful than ever as he sings 27 numbers, still one of the most compelling of all rock performers”
Cast Elvis Presley Director Pierre Adidge and Robert Abel The second concert films capture Elvis performing at venues throughout the United States. It also includes some documentary information on his life and the birth of the Elvis Phenomenon. |
