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 | DVD: 18 Mar 2002 Production year: 1958 |
| Format | DVD |
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This is arguably Elvis Presley's best film, and certainly his best acting performance. It's a tough New Orleans-set crime drama directed by Hollywood maestro Michael Curtiz, who invests the night-club scenes with the kind of élan that turned the not dissimilar Casablanca into a classic. Elvis has tremendous support from a terrific back-up cast, notably from Walter Matthau as reptilian villain Maxie Fields, and from Carolyn Jones as the long-suffering moll. The songs are knockouts too, especially the Dixie-influenced title number and the sultry Trouble. This is as good as Presley gets — don't miss.
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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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The Best
This is Elvis at his absolute best. One of his best movies.
Trouble and Dixieland Rock are fantastic performances. -
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El at His Best
EP in his best role as Danny Fisher, the rebel with the voice of Elvis Presley. The plot is pretty unbelievable at times, but Elvis is the main attraction and who cares? Some interesting performances from young male actors pretending to be teenagers (including Presley himself), and good performances from Dean Jagger and Walter Mathau.
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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 ... -