King Creole

King Creole

116 mins | Drama, Action, Romance, Music | July 2, 1958

Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at his night club The Blue Shade. Danny refuses, but Fields won't take no for an answer.

King Creole

116 mins | Drama, Action, Romance, Music | July 2, 1958

King Creole
Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at his night club The Blue Shade. Danny refuses, but Fields won't take no for an answer.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Paramount, Hal Wallis Productions
Original title King Creole
Directors Ralph Axness, Michael Curtiz, Michael D. Moore
Writers Harold Robbins, Herbert Baker, Michael V. Gazzo

Cast

Elvis Presley

as Danny Fisher

Carolyn Jones

as Ronnie

Walter Matthau

as Maxie Fields

Dolores Hart

as Nellie

Dean Jagger

as Mr. Fisher

Liliane Montevecchi

as Forty Nina

Vic Morrow

as Shark

Paul Stewart

as Charlie LeGrand

Jan Shepard

as Mimi Fisher

Jack Grinnage

as Dummy

Dick Winslow

as Eddie Burton

Raymond Bailey

as Mr. Evans

Anne Caprile

as Mimi Fisher (Voice)

Gavin Gordon

as Mr. Primont

Helene Hatch

as Mrs. Pearson

Kitty White

as Street Vendor (uncredited)

Scotty Moore

as Guitar Player (uncredited)