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King Creole
1958
Considered by many to be the best Elvis movie, KING CREOLE stars the young Mr. Presley as Danny Fisher, a singer with a knack for getting into trouble. After the cops nab him for stealing, Danny vows never to violate the law again. He manages to land a gig singing at a hip nightclub in the French Quarter of New Orleans. However,.. Read more
| Starring | Elvis Presley, Dean Jagger, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart |
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| Director | Michael Curtiz |
| Genres | Music/Musical |
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King Creole
Considered by many to be the best Elvis movie, KING CREOLE stars the young Mr. Presley as Danny Fisher, a singer with a knack for getting into trouble. After the cops nab him for stealing, Danny vows never to violate the law again. He manages to land a gig singing at a hip nightclub in the French Quarter of New Orleans. However, mobster Maxie Fields (Walter Matthau), soon demands that Danny perform exclusively for him. And to make matters worse, Danny gets involved with Maxie's squeeze (Carolyn Jones) and risks losing his own true love, Nellie (Dolores Hart), as well as his own neck.
| Starring | Elvis Presley, Dean Jagger, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart, Carolyn Jones, Vic Morrow, Paul Stewart, Liliane Montevecchi |
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| Director | Michael Curtiz |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 51 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Music/Musical |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish |
| Released | Production year: 1958 To Rent: DVD: 18 Mar 2002 |
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Curtiz's intelligent, austere, film noir-ish direction provides the perfect antidote to the occasional excesses of a... read more on Time Out
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- 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
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The Best
This is Elvis at his absolute best. One of his best movies.
Trouble and Dixieland Rock are fantastic performances. - 117770
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- Peter Munday
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- 25 Jun 2005 at 17:08
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Disappointing
Didn't enjoy as much as Blue Hawaii. Why... It is black&white; and also a fair amount of gangster scenes. Good I suppose for budding gangsters.
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Probably Elvis' best film
Elvis shows what he would have possibly developed into in this film. Don't get me wrong - you get the usual Presley swagger and curling of the lip, but this... read more »
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- Lytham St. Annes
- 28 Jan 2009 at 20:08
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An Abosulte Classic ! !
If I could have given this film more than 5 stars I would ! In my opinuon this is one of Elvis' best ever acting performances this along with ' ... read more »
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Considered by many to be the best Elvis movie, KING CREOLE stars the young Mr. Presley as Danny Fisher, a singer with a knack for getting into trouble. After the cops nab him for stealing, Danny vows never to violate the law again. He manages to land a gig singing at a hip nightclub in the French ...
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