I actually saw the trailer for this film as a kid and vividly recall "the goon with that horrible face" who turns the final third of this film into an episode of 'Scooby Doo' after a conventional first hour with Elvis bursting into song every few minutes. (Which makes Presley Fred, Jocelyn Lane Daphne and Jack Mullaney Shaggy; but sadly there's no Velma.)
The story behind the making of this film (so cheap they didn't even bother to write a new title song when they changed the name from 'Isle of Paradise' to the even more meaningless 'Tickle Me') is probably more interesting than anything that ended up on the screen; but it kept Allied Artists solvent and earned Elvis his only ever award for his film acting - a 1966 Golden Laurel Award for best male performance.
Writers Ellwood Ullman and Edward Bernds' background writing for The Three Stooges shows when the action transfers from a dude ranch to a haunted house with a western spoof along the way. 'B' picture belles Julie Adams and Merry Anders are largely wasted, Alyson Hayes is hardly in it; while Francine York's lines presumably ended up on the cutting room floor since she's visible throughout the film in crowd scenes, but not in the credits.
The story behind the making of this film (so cheap they didn't even bother to write a new title song when they changed the name from 'Isle of Paradise' to the even more meaningless 'Tickle Me') is probably more interesting than anything that ended up on the screen; but it kept Allied Artists solvent and earned Elvis his only ever award for his film acting - a 1966 Golden Laurel Award for best male performance.
Writers Ellwood Ullman and Edward Bernds' background writing for The Three Stooges shows when the action transfers from a dude ranch to a haunted house with a western spoof along the way. 'B' picture belles Julie Adams and Merry Anders are largely wasted, Alyson Hayes is hardly in it; while Francine York's lines presumably ended up on the cutting room floor since she's visible throughout the film in crowd scenes, but not in the credits.