ApprovedJailhouse Rock

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IMDB (10,140 votes)

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500M
500M
Play Time: 96 mins
Music, Drama
Jailhouse Rock

Overview:
After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.

Status: Released (1957-11-08)
Awards:2 wins
Screen:Guy Trosper, Nedrick Young
Productions: Avon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
Jailhouse Rock
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Reviews

John Chard

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"That ain't tactics honey, it's just the beast in me." Elvis Presley plays "Vince Everett" who goes to jail after accidentally killing a man in a bar fight. While in the big house he is paired in his cell with Hunk Houghton (Mickey Shaughnessy), an ageing country singer whose best ....

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Wuchak

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_**From con to concert performer**_ A young construction worker (Presley) is sentenced to a year in the state penitentiary for manslaughter, but wisely takes advantage of his time learning to play guitar better from an inmate who was formerly a county & western performer (Mickey S ....

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CinemaSerf

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The hot-tempered young "Vince" (Elvis Presley) finds himself caught up in a bar-room brawl that has tragic results and sees him sent to jail. There, he is luckily placed with "Hunk" (Mickey Shaughnessy) who is the prison grifter with a penchant for the odd ballad on his guitar. It's ....

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