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Overview

User Rating:
5.8/10   1,027 votes
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Director:
Norman Taurog
Writers:
Edmund Beloin (writer) &
Henry Garson (writer)
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Release Date:
23 November 1960 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical | Romance more
Tagline:
10 Great Songs! more
Plot:
Tulsa is a specialist in the US Army stationed in Germany. He loves to sing and has dreams to run his own nightclub when he leaves the army... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
New Star to Brighten Our Humdrum Existence
 (From Vanity Fair. 12 March 2009, 10:38 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
More subdued, classy, Elvis. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Elvis Presley ... Tulsa McLean
Juliet Prowse ... Lili
Robert Ivers ... Cookie
James Douglas ... Rick
Letícia Román ... Tina
Sigrid Maier ... Marla

Arch Johnson ... Sgt. McGraw
Mickey Knox ... Jeeter
John Hudson ... Capt. Hobart
Kenneth Becker ... Mac (as Ken Becker)
Jeremy Slate ... Turk
Beach Dickerson ... Warren
Trent Dolan ... Mickey
Carl Crow ... Walt
Fred Essler ... Papa Mueller
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Café Europa (USA) (working title)
Christmas in Berlin (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for mild thematic elements.
Runtime:
104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:G | South Korea:15 | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:Approved (original rating) | USA:PG (re-rating) (1997) | West Germany:6

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Trivia:
Princess of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, King of Thailand and other royalties visited on the studio and met Elvis Presley. more
Quotes:
Trudy: I borrow a car from my uncle Otto, we go drive tonight?
Tulsa McLean: We gotta play tonight.
Trudy: Ja wohl.
Tulsa McLean: I mean here.
Trudy: But I borrowed the car.
Tulsa McLean: Maybe later, keep your engine running.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Definitive Elvis: The Army Years (2002) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Wooden Heart more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
More subdued, classy, Elvis., 6 March 2003
Author: movibuf1962 from Washington, DC

I loved this film. It's not typical Elvis in the sense that for once he doesn't play the irreverent gigolo with a woman waiting for him in every bar; his one big dream is to do music in his own nightclub. He's quite likable and ends up even being noble when he turns the plot (of a soldier engulfed in an bet with his army buddies to 'defrost' a gorgeous nightclub dancer) on its side when he falls in love with the stunning Juliet Prowse. This one is similar in tone to VIVA LAS VEGAS because female lead Prowse is an independent woman, and not a typical Elvis groupie. That's why I like it all the more. Once again, the Hollywood stereotype of the aloof woman comes in (see my other review for YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER). Juliet Prowse is never, in my opinion, 'cold' or 'refrigerated;' even when she turns down a pass from Elvis she's not so much rude as she is firm in her convictions. But what a dancer- with a pair of gams that stretch into next week!! Her introduction in the film (which shows a spinning cardboard cutout in a marquee window turn into the actual Prowse- in a strapless white, shredded dress) is breathtaking!!

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