Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

John Rich

Writers:

Allan Weiss (written by) and
Anthony Lawrence (written by)

Release Date:

22 March 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Music

Tagline:

Skindiving for treasure, adventure and fun!!!

Plot:

A frogman working for the U.S. Navy dives for buried treasure. |

Plot Keywords:

Treasure | Sports Car | Guitar | Salvage | Seasick

Cast

Elvis Presley	...	Lt. (j.g.) Ted Jackson
Dodie Marshall	...	Jo Symington
Pat Priest	...	Dina Bishop
Pat Harrington Jr.	...	Judd Whitman (as Pat Harrington)
Skip Ward	...	Gil Carey
Sandy Kenyon	...	Lt. (j.g.) Marty Schwartz
Frank McHugh	...	Captain Jack
Ed Griffith	...	Cooper, Navy Diver
Read Morgan	...	Ens. Tompkins
Mickey Elley	...	Ens. Whitehead
Elaine Beckett	...	Vicki
Shari Nims	...	Mary
Diki Lerner	...	Zoltan
Robert Isenberg	...	Artist
Elsa Lanchester	...	Madame Neherina
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tom Hatten	...	Lt. (j.g.) (uncredited)

Directed by
John Rich

Writing credits
Allan Weiss		(written by) and
Anthony Lawrence		(written by)

Produced by
Joseph H. Hazen	....	executive producer
Paul Nathan	....	associate producer
Hal B. Wallis	....	producer

Original Music by
Joseph J. Lilley

Cinematography by
William Margulies

Film Editing by
Archie Marshek

Art Direction by
Hal Pereira
Walter H. Tyler		(as Walter Tyler)

Set Decoration by
Robert R. Benton		(as Robert Benton)
Arthur Krams

Costume Design by
Edith Head

Makeup Department
Nellie Manley	....	hair stylist
Wally Westmore	....	makeup supervisor
Larry Geller	....	hair designer: Elvis Presley (uncredited )

Production Management
William W. Gray	....	unit production manager
Frank Caffey	....	production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Goodstein	....	assistant director

Sound Department
John R. Carter	....	sound recordist
Charles Grenzbach	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Paul K. Lerpae	....	special photographic effects

Stunts
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Carol Daniels	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Dugan	....	underwater photographer (as Michael J. Dugan)
Farciot Edouart	....	process photographer

Music Department
Dolores Fuller	....	composer: song "I'll Take Love"
The Jordanaires	....	vocal accompaniment
Joseph J. Lilley	....	conductor
David Winters	....	stager: musical numbers

Other crew
Tom Parker	....	technical advisor (as Colonel Tom Parker)
Stanley Brossette	....	unit publicist (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1967) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1970) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Paramount Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• AFEX (1967) (Austria) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

A Girl in Every Port (USA) (working title)
Easy Does It (USA) (working title)
Nice and Easy (USA) (working title)
Port of Call (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild thematic elements.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG | West Germany:12 | Finland:S | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Long Beach Naval Station, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

50th grossing film in USA of 1967.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr. (1996)

Soundtrack:

Yoga Is As Yoga Does

Hot chicks, Cool treasure.

Easy come, Easy Go was released in 1967, two years before Elvis' last feature film, "Change Of Habit." Elvis plays a frogman who is about to complete his time with the U.S. Navy. He stumbles onto a sunken treasure on his final dive. One big problem..... someone else has made the same discovery. This makes for a fairly compelling story line.

Of course there are plenty of pretty girls. The cast was wonderful. Dodie Marshall, the beautiful Pat Priest, and the wonderful Frank McHugh who played the (frightened of water) Captain Jack. The whole cast was great.

The photography was stunning. Hats off to William Margulies for his incredible Cinematography. The scenery and settings were wonderful. The underwater scenes were very well done. This was a tough shoot. The credit goes to underwater photographer Michael J. Dugan.

The drawback in this film was the Yoga scene. This has to be one worst scenes ever shot in film history. What was John Rich thinking? For that matter what was film editor Archie Marshek thinking. This was a no brainer. That scene should have been cut. I really believe that if it wasn't for that one scene, This would be one of Elvis' best. It was really that good. Well acted and Elvis looked like he really cared. If you can overlook the (Yoga) scene, this film is well worth watching.