Overview:
Just discharged GI Chad Gates returns to Hawaii, where he becomes a tour guide, defying his mother's wishes for him to join the family business.| Status: | Released (1961-11-22) |
|---|---|
| Awards: | 1 win & 3 nominations total |
| Screen: | Allan Weiss, Hal Kanter |
| Productions: | Hal Wallis Productions, Paramount Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | Français, Magyar, English |
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Casts
- 21457: Elvis Presley - Chad Gates
- 83443: Joan Blackman - Maile Duval
- 14730: Angela Lansbury - Sarah Lee Gates
- 83821: Nancy Walters - Abigail Prentice
- 83822: Roland Winters - Fred Gates
- 78793: John Archer - Jack Kelman
- 19786: Howard McNear - Mr. Chapman
Crews
- 3376: Hal Kanter - Screenplay - Writing
- 82800: Norman Taurog - Director - Directing
- 1351874: Tom Parker - Technical Advisor - Crew
- 1494058: Jack Mintz - Dialogue Coach - Crew
- 1299143: Bill Wistrom - Sound Editor - Sound
- 29321: Terry O. Morse - Editor - Editing
- 4123: Hal B. Wallis - Producer - Production
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Reviews
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Review text:
_**Elvis goes to Hawaii**_ After a two-year enlistment in the service, Chad Gates (Presley) returns home to Hawaii, but prefers the genuineness of the Polynesians and blazing his own trail to being the heir to his parents’ pineapple plantation. With his half-Caucasian/half-Polynes ....
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I'd been watching this for ages before I realised that it was actually the real life Angela Lansbury (aged 35) playing Elvis's mother - he being 25 years old at the time! A bit of much needed cinematic licence in this otherwise really rather staged romantic comedy that doesn't really ....
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