Frankie And Johnny
Musical
MGM/UA  (1966) 87 mins Approved

5.3 (482 votes)
“Frankie and Johnny” is a musical based on the song of the same name. Frankie (Donna Douglas) and Johnny (Elvis Presley) are singers on a riverboat, as well as lovers. Frankie won’t marry Johnny until he quits gambling and losing all his money. Johnny’s friend, Cully (Harry Morgan) writes a song called “Frankie and Johnny”. A music publisher hears it and wants to bring Frankie and Johnny to New York to perform. Johnny wants to make enough money to take Frankie to New York and get their big break. Of course, he tries to make it gambling. At this point, is told by a fortune-teller that luck will come to him if he is with a redhead. Unfortunately, Frankie is a blonde. Of course, a redhead does come on the scene, much to the chagrin of Frankie, who gets very jealous, but in a comedy of errors involving a masked ball, love finds a way....

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Cast and Crew
Elvis Presley  ......  Johnny
Donna Douglas  ......  Frankie
Harry Morgan  ......  Cully
Sue Ane Langdon  ......  Mitzi
Nancy Kovack  ......  Nellie Bly
Audrey Christie  ......  Peg
Director  .....  Frederick De Cordova
Producer  .....  Edward Small; Alex Gottlieb
Writer  .....  Nat Perrin; Alex Gottlieb
Cinematography  .....  Jacques R. Marquette
Musician  .....  Fred Karger
Notes
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Johnny pulls down Cully's beard during the Mardi Graw party, Cully says something as he fixes his beard, but his lips never move. (more)

Trivia:
Elvis Presley started working on the film on 11 April 1965. (more)

Filming Locations:
Samuel Goldwyn/Warner Hollywood Studios - 1041 N. Formosa Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Quotes:
Frankie: [After Frankie and Johnny get through performing the Petunia number on stage] What were those signals?
Johnny: What signals?
Frankie: Between you and Cully, I'm not blind.
Johnny: Oh, those signals. Nothing, he just made a little bet for me.
Frankie: Now you've got helpers. Can't you lose fast enough alone?
Johnny: [Frankie starts walking away mad] Hey, where are you going?
Frankie: To have my head examined. There must be a hole in it!
Johnny: You can't help it if you're in love.
Frankie: [Cully shows up and Frankie bumps into him as she continues to walk away mad]
[shouts]
[...]
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Awards:
1 nomination (more)