Overview:
After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.Status: | Released (1957-11-08) |
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Awards: | 2 wins |
Screen: | Guy Trosper, Nedrick Young |
Productions: | Avon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English |
Casts
- 21457: Elvis Presley - Vince Everett
- 83439: Judy Tyler - Peggy Van Alden
- 3442: Mickey Shaughnessy - Hunk Houghton
- 3641: Vaughn Taylor - Mr. Shores (narrator)
- 83440: Jennifer Holden - Sherry Wilson
- 40393: Dean Jones - Teddy Talbot
- 83441: Anne Neyland - Laury Jackson
Crews
- 13778: Guy Trosper - Screenplay - Writing
- 69319: Nedrick Young - Story - Writing
- 70862: Richard Thorpe - Director - Directing
- 19096: Jeff Alexander - Music Supervisor - Sound
- 1351874: Tom Parker - Technical Advisor - Crew
- 29984: A. Arnold Gillespie - Special Effects - Crew
- 9060: William A. Horning - Art Direction - Art
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
"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 ....
Continue reading ->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 ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
Review text:
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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