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Roustabout (1964)

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Charlie Rogers is a leather-jacketed biker who's fired from a singing engagement after getting into a fight with a group of college toughs. While riding his cycle to the next gig, an irate ... See full summary »

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Charlie Rogers is a leather-jacketed biker who's fired from a singing engagement after getting into a fight with a group of college toughs. While riding his cycle to the next gig, an irate dad runs him off the road when he flirts with his daughter. He's forced to hook up with a traveling carnival until his bike can be fixed. The carnival is run by a tough old broad, a broken-down drunk and his nubile daughter. Along the way, Charlie (who's got a chip on his shoulder about being an orphan) somehow learns about family values from this vaguely dysfunctional one. A scheming rival carny shows up, based on the legend of Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's real-life manager. Written by alfiehitchie

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Elvis Presley as a Roving, Restless, Reckless, ROUSTABOUT


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Rated PG for mild thematic elements and language | See all certifications »
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11 November 1964 (USA)  »

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Right This Way Folks!  »

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$3,000,000 (USA)
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(Westrex Recording System)

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2.35 : 1
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Director John Rich wasn't interested when producer Hal B. Wallis first offered him the job. See 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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"Big Love, Big Heartache"
Written by Dolores Fuller, Lee Morris & Sonny Hendrix
Performed by Elvis Presley
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Sure to please all Elvis fans
30 October 2002 | by (Oakland CA) – See all my reviews

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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