King Creole

A STORY PULSING WITH THE HEARTBEAT OF TODAY'S YOUTH!

6.419581h 56mReleased

Drama

Music

Crime

Overview

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

StatusReleased

Release Date1958-07-02

Runtime1h 56m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

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Movie Trailer - King Creole (1958)

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Cast & Crew

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

Brian G. Hutton

as Sal (as Brian Hutton)

Reviews

John Chard

Sep 5, 2019

8/10

Elvis Noir as Rock N Roll comes to the King Creole. King Creole is directed by Michael Curtiz and adapted to screenplay by Herbert Baker and Michael V. Gazzo from the novel A Stone for Danny Fisher written by Harold Robbins. It stars Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart, Dean Jagger, Vic Morrow, Paul Stewart and Jan Shepard…

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Wuchak

Nov 7, 2020

5/10

_**Elvis living on Bourbon St. in New Orleans**_ In New Orleans, Danny Fisher (Presley) fails to graduate high school for the second time and so uses his singing talents at nightclubs to provide for his destitute father and sister. Walter Matthau plays a shady nightclub baron while Carolyn Jones plays his floozy. “King Creole” (1958) mixes …

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