King Creole

Outraged, Danny pummels Maxie for the betrayal and helps Ronnie escape him. A family of ragtag vagabonds sets up a makeshift home on a Florida beach after becoming marooned there, prompting an uptight local bureaucrat to attempt to evict them. Danny knocks out one of his pursuers. Carolyn Jones is a knockout as a fallen thrush who would like to love him; their aborted romance gives the pic its finest scenes.Mr.

This great quality movie really pays justice to a classic piece of film making by Director Michael Curtiz and a great supporting cast that Elvis gained so much from performing with in this story. He sings the lines "Let's think of the future, forget the past, you're not my first love, but you're my last" to Nellie in the audience. At first, she pretends not to know him, as she is accompanied by her boyfriend and the club's owner, Maxie Fields, aka "The Pig" (Matthau). To me, this is one of the greatest films ever made, by one of the most underrated actors of our time.

He is also caught between two women: insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel. Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. If Elvis was to be a big movie star this is the one that certainly went a step further than "Jailhouse Rock" to ascertain that position.

Mike and Danny hitch a ride to the World's Fair in Seattle after the sheriff seizes their crop duster biplane to cover Danny's gambling debts. Danny responds to witnessing schoolmates' teasing by kissing Ronnie back and then punching one of them in the face when he makes a teasing remark. For other uses, see 1958 film by Michael V. Gazzo, Hal B. Wallis, Herbert Baker, Michael Curtiz Dummy, who had been befriended by Danny, grapples with Maxie. After a taxi ride to Danny's high school, Ronnie kisses him. It must be said in favor of Director Michael Curtiz that he does succeed in getting Presley to act every now and then, but the cards are stacked in such an obvious manner against Danny that even Montgomery Clift couldn't have handled the role with conviction.Playing a part— an underprivileged youth who, on and off, displays some dignity and honest aspirations — that requires some histrionic effort, Presley shows signs that he is getting the hang of acting. To a lot of critics and non-fans of the Master of Song or King of Rock 'n' Roll, to give him his correct title, Elvis Presley was merely a wooden celluloid freak who just sang to children, animals, and everybody's Grandmother on a movie set. When Maxie does not believe her, she claims she heard Danny sing once. Maxie insists that Danny prove he can sing.

The picture itself, however, after a promising enough beginning turns into a lurid melodramatic hash composed in about equal part of juvenile delinquency, gangsterism and sex. Was this review helpful to you? As long, however, as he can continue to attract audiences in present proportions there's little need in worrying with drama schools.This article is about the 1958 film. These also perfectly typify the Bourbon Street honky-tonks that Mr. Curtiz and his fine photographer, Russ Harlan, have beguilingly drenched with atmosphere.

Another transition also happens in this movie and that is one of the music. When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, a sailor has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. This trend was set by the formula that started with "G.I. As Danny, Presley exhibits improved histrionics and provides many moving and tense moments. King Creole (1958) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Maxie sends his henchmen after Danny. Danny is summoned, where Miss Pearson (Helene Hatch), his teacher, tells Principal Evans (When Danny leaves the school grounds, three young men lure him into an alley. A Chicago mobster hires a rock and roll singer and his band to keep an eye on his daughter during Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. After arriving back in Hawaii from the Army, Chad Gates (Elvis Presley) defies his parents' wishes for him to work at the family business and instead goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency. Their leader, Shark (Later that night, Danny meets Ronnie again at The Blue Shade nightclub, where Danny is now employed.

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? That might have been the case during the mid-'60's when Elvis didn't know how to perform on a movie set any other way than to follow the less than mediocre script which was getting more tedious and morose as the previous one. Ronnie finds a profusely bleeding Danny and takes him to her house on a bayou to recover.