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2 July 1958 (USA)
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Having flunked graduation for a second time and needing cash to support his crabby (and thus unemployed) father...
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"Probably one of Presley's finest movies!"
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Elvis Presley | ... | Danny Fisher | |
| Carolyn Jones | ... | Ronnie | |
| Walter Matthau | ... | Maxie Fields | |
| Dolores Hart | ... | Nellie | |
| Dean Jagger | ... | Mr. Fisher | |
| Liliane Montevecchi | ... | Forty Nina | |
| Vic Morrow | ... | Shark | |
| Paul Stewart | ... | Charlie LeGrand | |
| Jan Shepard | ... | Mimi Fisher | |
| Brian G. Hutton | ... | Sal (as Brian Hutton) | |
| Jack Grinnage | ... | Dummy | |
| Dick Winslow | ... | Eddie Burton | |
| Raymond Bailey | ... | Mr. Evans - School Principal | |
| Gavin Gordon | ... | Mr. Primont - Druggist | |
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| Leon Tyler | ... | Drug Clerk (scenes deleted) | |
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Rated PG for violence and sensuality.
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116 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
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Last Black & White movie Elvis Presley made, and most definitely a "film noir".
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Continuity: Throughout most of the scene near the end of the film, in which the injured Danny recovers consciousness in Ronnie's cabin, his slashed arm is seen to be tightly bandaged - presumably Ronnie's first-aid handiwork. However, in one shot, the bandages are hanging loosely from his arm.
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Ralph:
You're a pretty fancy performer, ain't ya kid?
Danny Fisher: Now you know what I do for an encore.
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Danny Fisher: Now you know what I do for an encore.
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Featured in Indie Sex: Teens (2007) (TV)
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Hard Headed Woman
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Elvis Presley plays Danny Fisher, a misunderstood teenager who is forced to live in a neighbourhood frequented by hoodlums because his father's business went bankcrupt and lost their other house. Danny flunks out of high school and does several dead end jobs in order to make ends meet, but it is discovered that he has a talent for singing and his hired by nightclub owner Charlie Le Grand. However, sadistic blackmailer and criminal Maxie Fields (Walter Matthau) also has corrupt designs on Danny's talent.
Probably one of Presley's finest movies with a fairly strong storyline and assured direction by Michael (Casablanca) Curtiz. The acting is good from Presley in one of his better roles and Matthau scores as the ruthless gang boss. The film is shot in gorgeous noir black & white and the memorable tunes include "King Creole", "Trouble" and "As Long As I Have You".