1h 34min | Comedy, Musical | 15 April 1968 | Color, ws
Director: Norman Taurog
Stars: Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, Bill Bixby.
Alex Romero ... choreographer (uncredited)
Watched online;
7 songs in the Soundtracks.
The only thing making this worse than the usual EP film is the racing, seemingly endless stock car racing. It's noisy, and I don't like it.
I also don't like NS, an agent for the IRS who gets involved with EP even though she's there to collect his income and give him a modest weekly allowance.
BB is a lecherous irresponsible gambler whose sole function is to (mis)manage EP's $$. It's his bad tax returns that get EP in trouble. When everyone pitches in to fix EP's car on a tight deadline, BB sits and watches. Not the kind of guy you should have as a "friend."
I also don't like NS, an agent for the IRS who gets involved with EP even though she's there to collect his income and give him a modest weekly allowance.
BB is a lecherous irresponsible gambler whose sole function is to (mis)manage EP's $$. It's his bad tax returns that get EP in trouble. When everyone pitches in to fix EP's car on a tight deadline, BB sits and watches. Not the kind of guy you should have as a "friend."
William Schallert is there with 5 little girls so that EP can play off some kids. WS seems homeless with them, and EP thinks he has $$ to help them, but he has BB handle the $$, so he gambles it away instead.
Really unpleasant stuff, with a requisite brawl or two thrown in, but all sugar-coated to seem fun. It's just tedious. And very (race-car) noisy.
Really unpleasant stuff, with a requisite brawl or two thrown in, but all sugar-coated to seem fun. It's just tedious. And very (race-car) noisy.
MGM, dir. Taurog; 5
