Movie
King Creole
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1958-07-02
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, Hal Wallis Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Elvis Presley as Danny Fisher
- Carolyn Jones as Ronnie
- Walter Matthau as Maxie Fields
- Dolores Hart as Nellie
- Dean Jagger as Mr. Fisher
- Liliane Montevecchi as Forty Nina
- Vic Morrow as Shark
- Paul Stewart as Charlie LeGrand
- Jan Shepard as Mimi Fisher
- Brian G. Hutton as Sal (as Brian Hutton)
- Jack Grinnage as Dummy
- Dick Winslow as Eddie Burton
Crew
- Michael Curtiz - Director
- Herbert Baker - Screenplay
- Michael V. Gazzo - Screenplay
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