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Love Me Tender (1956)

89 min  -  Western  -   15 November 1956 (USA)
5.9
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Elvis plays Clint Reno, one of the Reno brothers who stayed home while his brother went to fight in the Civil War for the Confederate army... See full summary »

Director:

Robert D. Webb

Writers:

Robert Buckner (screenplay), Maurice Geraghty (story)
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Love Me Tender -- Trailer for this musical classic starring Elvis Presley Love Me Tender -- This is Elvis' first scene in his first film. Here he welcomes his brothers, thought dead, back from the Civil War Love Me Tender -- Clint's brothers are back from the war but things have changed.
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Richard Egan Richard Egan ...
Debra Paget Debra Paget ...
Elvis Presley ...
Robert Middleton Robert Middleton ...
Mr. Siringo
William Campbell ...
Brett Reno
Neville Brand ...
Mike Gavin
Mildred Dunnock ...
Martha Reno
Bruce Bennett Bruce Bennett ...
Maj. Kincaid
James Drury James Drury ...
Ray Reno
Russ Conway Russ Conway ...
Ed Galt
Ken Clark ...
Mr. Kelso
Barry Coe Barry Coe ...
Mr. Davis
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Storyline

Elvis plays Clint Reno, one of the Reno brothers who stayed home while his brother went to fight in the Civil War for the Confederate army. When his brother Vance comes back from the war, he finds that his old girlfriend Cathy has married Clint. The family has to struggle to reach stability with this issue. Vance is involved in a train robbery, while a Confederate soldier, of Federal Government money. There is a conflict of interest, when Vance tries to return the money, against the wishes of some of his fellow Confederates. Written by Pat McCurry <ccgrad97@aol.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Soldier | Civil War | Robbery | Train | Army  | See more »

Taglines:

HEAR ELVIS SING . . . "Love Me Tender" "We're Gonna Move" "Poor Boy" "Let Me" See more »

Genres:

Western

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Agapa me, tryfera See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$9,000,000 (Worldwide)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System) (magnetic prints) | Mono (optical prints)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Possibly the first American film to use a "Squib hit" on an actor (using an explosive under clothing with a blood pack to simulate a bullet hit). See more »

Goofs

Anachronisms: A Confederate soldier zips up the pants that were taken off Northern soldiers, before zippers were invented. See more »

Quotes

Vance Reno: Listen, Brett, we didn't steal this money. We took it in battle, fair and square. It's what they call "spoils of war", like capturing a horse or anything else. We didn't know the war was over, and neither did the Federals. So it's still prize money.
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Connections

Featured in The Definitive Elvis: The Army Years (2002) See more »

Soundtracks

"LET ME"
Written by Elvis Presley and Ken Darby (as Vera Matson)
Performed by Elvis Presley See more »