A STORY PULSING WITH THE HEARTBEAT OF TODAY'S YOUTH!
Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at his night club The Blue Shade. Danny refuses, but Fields won't take no for an answer.
- 6.3
- 1958
- Released
- 1h 56m
Elvis Presley
Danny Fisher
Carolyn Jones
Ronnie
Walter Matthau
Maxie Fields
Dolores Hart
Nellie
Dean Jagger
Mr. Fisher
Liliane Montevecchi
Forty Nina
Vic Morrow
Shark
Paul Stewart
Charlie LeGrand
Jan Shepard
Mimi Fisher
Brian G. Hutton
Sal (as Brian Hutton)
Jack Grinnage
Dummy
Dick Winslow
Eddie Burton
Raymond Bailey
Mr. Evans
Anne Caprile
Mimi Fisher (Voice)
Gavin Gordon
Mr. Primont
Helene Hatch
Mrs. Pearson (uncredited)Kitty White
Street Vendor (uncredited)
Scotty Moore
Guitar Player (uncredited)
Richard Simmons
Little Tot (uncredited)
Candy Candido
Doorman (uncredited)Barbara Gayle
Salesgirl (uncredited)Reita Green
Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)Trustin Howard
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)Gustave Lax
Patron (uncredited)
Ziva Rodann
Entertainer (uncredited)
Tony Russel
Chico (uncredited)
Ron Nyman
Patron (uncredited)
Jackie Joseph
Salesgirl (uncredited)Gavin Gordon
Mr. Primont (uncredited)
Ned Glass
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
Lilyan Chauvin
Catherine (uncredited)
Sam Buffington
Dr. Martin Cabot (uncredited)
Val Avery
Ralph (uncredited)
Released
en
- #nightclub
- #crime boss
- #musical
- #singer
- #black and white
Reviews
In this outing, Presley plays Danny Fisher, a kid from New Orleans. Danny is a troubled youth, and is hired by not one, but two nightclubs as a singer. This is Presley’s finest attempt at real acting.
Holyrood certainly didn't stint on the resources it put into this outing for Elvis. Michael Curtis took the helm and Harold Robbins provided the original novel as we follow the escapades of "Danny Fisher". He is a skint college flunkey who takes a job in the eponymous club. His boyish charms and his moves delight the audience, and they also attract the mischievous temptress "Ronnie" (Carolyn Jones
_**Elvis living on Bourbon St. in New Orleans**_ In New Orleans, Danny Fisher (Presley) fails to graduate high school for the second time and so uses his singing talents at nightclubs to provide for his destitute father and sister. Walter Matthau plays a shady nightclub baron while Carolyn Jones plays his floozy. “King Creole” (1958) mixes the Elvis formula with B&W film noir. Despite the
Elvis Noir as Rock N Roll comes to the King Creole. King Creole is directed by Michael Curtiz and adapted to screenplay by Herbert Baker and Michael V. Gazzo from the novel A Stone for Danny Fisher written by Harold Robbins. It stars Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart, Dean Jagger, Vic Morrow, Paul Stewart and Jan Shepard. Music is scored by Walter Scharf and cinematogra