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Overview

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Director:

John Rich

Writers:

Allan Weiss (story)
Anthony Lawrence (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

11 November 1964 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Music | Musical | Romance more

Tagline:

Elvis Presley as a Roving, Restless, Reckless, ROUSTABOUT

Plot:

Elvis is Charlie Rogers, a leather-jacketed biker who's fired from a singing engagement after getting into a fight with a group of college toughs... more | add synopsis

Awards:

1 nomination more

User Comments:

Sure to please all Elvis fans more (19 total)


Cast

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Elvis Presley ... Charlie Rogers

Barbara Stanwyck ... Maggie Morgan
Joan Freeman ... Cathy Lean
Leif Erickson ... Joe Lean
Sue Ane Langdon ... Madame Mijanou, Fortune Teller
Pat Buttram ... Harry Carver
Joan Staley ... Marge
Dabbs Greer ... Arthur Nielsen
Steve Brodie ... Fred the Pitcher
Norman Grabowski ... Sam
Jack Albertson ... Lou (tea house manager)
Jane Dulo ... Hazel
Joel Fluellen ... Cody Marsh (roustabout)
Wilda Taylor ... Little Egypt
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Right This Way Folks! (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:

Rated PG for mild thematic elements and language.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)


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Trivia:

Elvis Presley recorded a song, "I'm a Roustabout", but it was not used and went unreleased. It was rediscovered in 2003. more

Quotes:

Charlie Rogers: I never thought I'd be running off with the circus.
Maggie: Let's get one thing straight. This is not a circus. This is a carnival. There's a big difference.
Charlie Rogers: I guess you're right. I guess a circus has elephants.
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-06-24)" (2008) more

Soundtrack:

Carny Town more


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Sure to please all Elvis fans, 30 October 2002
7/10
Author: funkyfry from Oakland CA

One of Paramount's best Elvis films. Barbara and Elvis have great chemistry -- too bad no may-december hoochy-coochy was allowed. The songs are pretty bizarre, but mostly pretty good by 60s Elvis standards. I dig the carnival atmosphere. Billy Barty pops up as........ a midget!

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