King Creole
Crime, Drama, Musical
Paramount Pictures  (1958) 115 mins PG

6.7 (1,384 votes)
The year was 1958. Everybody's datin' at the drive-in. America launches its first satellite. The novel Lolita stirs up controversy. And Elvis Presley gives Bourbon Street a new beat in King Creole. He plays a troubled youth whose singing sets the French Quarter rockin'. With a sweet girl to love him and nightclubers cheering, it looks like Elvis will shake off his past and head for the top. But will a mobster (Walter Matthau) and his man-trap moll (Carolyn Jones) snare him in a life of crime?...

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Cast and Crew
Elvis Presley  ......  Danny Fisher
Walter Matthau  ......  Maxie Fields
Carolyn Jones  ......  Ronnie
Dolores Hart  ......  Nellie
Dean Jagger  ......  Mr. Fisher
Liliane Montevecchi  ......  Forty Nina
Director  .....  Michael Curtiz
Producer  .....  Hal B. Wallis; Paul Nathan
Writer  .....  Herbert Baker; Michael Vincente Gazzo; Harold Robbins
Notes
Filming Locations:
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Trivia:
Elvis Presley said to director Michael Curtiz after filming that "Now I know what a good director is". Curtiz had earlier directed "Casablanca" (1942) and became one of Elvis' favorite directors. (more)

Goofs:
Continuity: Character starts running twice because of editing mistake in the end of movie. (more)

Quotes:
Danny Fisher: What room is the party in?
Hotel Desk Clerk: I beg your pardon, what party?
Danny Fisher: You know, the PARTY the fellas are having!
Hotel Desk Clerk: Oh! Oh! It's up in room #205.
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