TOP 15 ELVIS MOVIES

(Compiled from various sources on the Internet)

NUMBER ELEVEN

Blue Hawaii

Directed by
Norman Taurog

Writing credits
Allan Weiss (Book) and Hal Kanter

Description: Chad Gates has just gotten out of the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surf-board, his beach buddies, and his girlfriend.

(Plot Summary) (Blue Hawaii DVD Movie and Merchandise)

NUMBER TWELVE

It Happened at the World's Fair

Directed by
Norman Taurog

Writing credits
Si Rose and Seaman Jacobs

Description: Mike and Danny fly a cropduster, but because of Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custody of it.

(Plot Summary)  (World Fair DVD Movie DVD and Merchandise)

NUMBER THIRTEEN

Kid Galahad

Directed by
Phil Karlson

Writing credits
Francis Wallace (Story) and William Fay

Description: Elvis Presley tries on boxing gloves for Kid Galahad, one of his post-Army pictures that still has some fresh air and innocence in it. First spotted crooning from the back of a pickup truck, Elvis plays an ex-G.I. newly returned to his foresty birthplace, where shifty Gig Young runs a boxing camp. Naturally the kid turns out to have talent with the gloves, and a gamblers/mobsters/boxing formula soon kicks in.

 (Plot Summary)  (Kid Galahad DVD Movie and Merchandise)

NUMBER FOURTEEN

Fun in Acapulco

Directed by
Richard Thorpe

Writing credits
Allan Weiss

Description: Mike works on a boat in Acapulco. When the bratty daughter of the boat owner gets him fired, Mike must find new work. Little boy Rauol helps him get a job as a lifeguard and singer at a local hotel.

 (Plot Summary) (Fun In Acapulco DVD Movie and Merchandise) 

NUMBER FIFTEEN

Roustabout

Directed by
John Rich

Writing credits
Allan Weiss (Story) and A. Lawrence (Screenplay)

Description: Elvis is Charlie Rogers, a leather-jacketed biker who's fired from a singing engagement after getting into a fight with a group of college toughs.

 (Plot Summary) (Roustabout DVD Movie and Merchandise)

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