Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)

Director:

John Rich

Writers:

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

Release Date:

14 June 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 | Art | Beautiful Woman | Singer | Sports Car

Cast

Elvis Presley	...	Ted Jackson
Dodie Marshall	...	Jo Symington
Pat Priest	...	Dina Bishop
Pat Harrington Jr.	...	Judd Whitman (as Pat Harrington)
Skip Ward	...	Gil Carey
Sandy Kenyon	...	Schwartz
Frank McHugh	...	Captain Jack
Ed Griffith	...	Cooper
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		(director of photography)

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 style supervisor
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

Visual Effects by
Farciot Edouart	....	process photography
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)

Music Department
The Jordanaires	....	vocal accompaniment
Joseph J. Lilley	....	conductor
David Winters	....	stager: musical numbers
Gus Levene	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Van Cleave	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Tom Parker	....	technical advisor (as Col. 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:

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 | Sweden:Btl | Finland:S | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Elvis' co-star from Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) was offered a role in this film, but according to her interview made in 1998, she turned down the offer and said Tom Parker (Elvis' manager) was one of the reasons why she did so.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Elvis in the Movies (1990)

Soundtrack:

You Gotta Stop

It ain't that bad

"Easy Come, Easy Go" is hardly the King's best - but still, it ain't that bad. I prefer it to "Girls, Girls, Girls," "Paradise, Hawiian Style" and "Fun In Acapulco" not to mention "Stay Away, Joe," and "The Trouble With Girls." And it does have one killer song, the irresistible dance pop of "I'll Take Love," performed as the finale.

But having said that, Elvis clearly looks bored at various times throughout the film. As he put it, by then he was tired of beating up the bad guy and then singing to him.

It's too bad that he never got a role in a truly serious film directed by a truly serious director because I believe he could have been taught, encouraged and coaxed into some truly terrific serious dramatic performances - and not just the brooding, pouting youth roles a la "Wild In The Country" or "Jailhouse Rock." Perhaps in a smaller serious role.

Imagine him, say, as Rod Steiger's Southern deputy played by Warren Oates in "In The Heat Of The Night" or perhaps as good old boy male prostitute Joe Buck in Jon Voight's shoes in "Midnight Cowboy"? Roles such as that could have changed his entire career - and how people viewed him.