Movie
Elvis
Overview
This biopic traces Elvis Presley’s life from his impoverished childhood to his meteoric rise to stardom to his triumphant conquering of Las Vegas.
Details
- Release date
- 1979-02-10
- Runtime
- 168 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music, TV Movie, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Dick Clark Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Kurt Russell as Elvis Presley
- Shelley Winters as Gladys Presley
- Bing Russell as Vernon Presley
- Robert Gray as Red West
- Pat Hingle as Colonel Tom Parker
- Season Hubley as Priscilla Presley
- Melody Anderson as Bonnie
- Ed Begley Jr. as D.J. Fontana
- James Canning as Scotty Moore
- Charles Cyphers as Sam Phillips
- Peter Hobbs as Jim Denny
- Les Lannom as Sonny West
Crew
- John Carpenter - Director
- Anthony Lawrence - Writer
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