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Kid Galahad (1962)
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29 August 1962 (USA)
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Presley packs the the screen's biggest wallop...with the gals...with the gloves...with the guitar!
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When he completes his military service Walter Gulick returns to his birthplace, Cream Valley, New York...
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American Earnestness and a French Soufflé
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Robert E. Relyea- The Man Behind The Legends Part II
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(From IFC. 25 March 2009, 7:49 AM, PDT)
Robert E. Relyea- The Man Behind The Legends Part II
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Enjoyable, and a little more than just fluff
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Elvis Presley | ... | Walter Gulick |
 | Gig Young | ... | Willy Grogan |
| Lola Albright | ... | Dolly Fletcher |
| Joan Blackman | ... | Rose Grogan |
 | Charles Bronson | ... | Lew Nyack |
| David Lewis | ... | Otto Danzig |
| Robert Emhardt | ... | Maynard |
| Liam Redmond | ... | Father Higgins |
| Judson Pratt | ... | Howie Zimmerman |
| Ned Glass | ... | Max Lieberman |
| George Mitchell | ... | Harry Sperling |
| Roy Roberts | ... | Jerry Bathgate |
| Michael Dante | ... | Joie Shakes |
| Richard Devon | ... | Marvin |
| Jeff Morris | ... | Ralphie (as Jeffrey Morris) |
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95 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Australia:PG |
USA:Approved (certificate #20180) |
West Germany:16 (nf) |
Finland:K-12 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG (re-rating) (1988) |
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37th most grossing film of the year 1962.
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Featured in Elvis in the Movies (1990)
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King of the Whole Wide World
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At the start, Walter is fresh from the army and hitchhiking on the back of a moving van (not something anyone should attempt in real life, but it looks good here). And he's singing! Walter arrives in the small scenic New York community of Cream Valley, where he was born. After his parents died he was raised by an aunt in Kentucky (which explains the accent). In the army he worked in the motor pool, and he loves restoring cars, so he hopes to get a job as a mechanic.
Unfortunately, the only job available is sparring partner for one of several boxers training in the community. At least Walter boxed in the army. He isn't that good, until ...
Willy runs Grogan's Gaelic Gardens, which is trying to compete with Lieberman's Shangri-La as a tourist attraction. But Willy has a gambling problem, and Otto and his goons constantly remind him he needs to pay up. Dolly, who used to sing at Lieberman's, is Willy's impatient fiancée, and she helps take care of the place. And Rose is Willy's younger sister and business partner. The minute Walter sees Rose, we all know what's going to happen with them. Of course, Willy turns out to be quite overprotective.
Walter's boxing talent just may turn out to be the solution for Willy's problems. The usual formula for movies like this applies, though, and it won't be that easy.
I haven't seen but a few Elvis Presley movies. But I didn't know what I was missing. Even Elvis admitted (as portrayed on TV by Jonathan Rhys Meyers) that his movies were fluff, but this one was just a little more.
Elvis gives us his usual impeccably polite all-American boy, and shows his singing talent in a few scenes (though this is not what I would call a musical). He is also good at looking tough in the boxing ring, and he really seems to be able to take a punch or two or three. But in the scenes where he loses his temper (because women shouldn't be treated that way), it becomes clear Elvis was hired for his popularity, not his acting ability.
What makes this film more than ordinary is the talent surrounding the King. Lola Albright as Dolly, Robert Emhardt as Maynard, and David Lewis as Otto in particular. I wasn't that impressed with Gig Young as Willy, but he was easy to like.
And I have to single out Charles Bronson as boxing trainer Lew. When he was in pain in one scene, it was truly disturbing. And that's what put this movie over the top and made it more than just the usual.
Ed Asner (from the Manhattan district attorney's office) had a bald spot even way back then! I've liked him for years. I didn't see much from him here to be impressed with, though.
I did like the music, and the classic cars, which of course were brand new or only a few years old. Walter himself liked the vintage car he restored better than I did.
I would call this good, clean family fun, but of course Elvis does get beat up a lot and he does bleed. And there is some violence even outside the boxing ring. But in the early 60s, violence wasn't as big a concern as it is today.
If you like Elvis, this is certainly one to watch.