10 Movies Starring Elvis Presley

Jailhouse Rock

Jailhouse Rock

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1957-11-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (5520 Reviews)

Director:

Richard Thorpe

Cast:

Writer:

Guy Trosper (screenplay)

Nedrick Young (story)

Fullplot:

Vince Everett is serving a one-year jail sentence for manslaughter. While in the big house, his cellmate, a former country singer, introduces him to the record business. Everett takes to it so well that he decides to become a singer when he gets out. However, he is quickly disillusioned by the record business. But with the help of a new friend, he decides to form his own label, and soon becomes an overnight sensation. But when he becomes a superstar, will his desire for fame and money cause him to forget the people who got him there?

G.I. Blues

G.I. Blues

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-11-23

Languages:

English, German, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (2162 Reviews)

Director:

Norman Taurog

Cast:

Writer:

Edmund Beloin

Henry Garson

Fullplot:

Tulsa is a specialist in the US Army stationed in Germany. He loves to sing and has dreams to run his own nightclub when he leaves the army....but dreams don't come cheap. Tulsa places a bet with his friend Dynamite that he can spend the night with a club dancer named Lili, who is rumored to be hard to get. When Dynamite gets transferred, Tulsa is brought in to take his place. He is not looking forward to it, but in order to keep his money, he must go through with it.

Blue Hawaii

Blue Hawaii

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1961-11-22

Languages:

English, Hawaiian, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(3635 Reviews)

Director:

Norman Taurog

Cast:

Writer:

Allan Weiss (story)

Hal Kanter

Fullplot:

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. His father wants him to go to work at the Great Southern Hawaiian Fruit Company, but Chad is reluctant. So Chad goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency.

Girls! Girls! Girls!

Girls! Girls! Girls!

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1962-11-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (1806 Reviews)

Director:

Norman Taurog

Cast:

Writer:

Allan Weiss (story)

Edward Anhalt (screenplay)

Allan Weiss (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Elvis plays Ross Carpenter, a fishing guide/sailor who loves his life out on the sea. When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, he has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two women: insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel.

Kissin' Cousins

Kissin' Cousins

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1964-03-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (1320 Reviews)

Director:

Gene Nelson

Cast:

Writer:

Gerald Drayson Adams (screenplay)

Gene Nelson (screenplay)

Gerald Drayson Adams (story)

Fullplot:

An Army officer returns to the Smoky Mountains tries to convince his kinfolk to allow the Army to build a missile site on their land. Once he gets there, he discovers he has a lookalike cousin.

Roustabout

Roustabout

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1964-11-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1771 Reviews)

Director:

John Rich

Cast:

Writer:

Anthony Lawrence (screenplay)

Allan Weiss (screenplay)

Allan Weiss (story)

Fullplot:

Charlie Rogers is a leather-jacketed biker who's fired from a singing engagement after getting into a fight with a group of college toughs. While riding his cycle to the next gig, an irate dad runs him off the road when he flirts with his daughter. He's forced to hook up with a traveling carnival until his bike can be fixed. The carnival is run by a tough old broad, a broken-down drunk and his nubile daughter. Along the way, Charlie (who's got a chip on his shoulder about being an orphan) somehow learns about family values from this vaguely dysfunctional one. A scheming rival carny shows up, based on the legend of Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's real-life manager.

Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1964-05-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

85 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (4546 Reviews)

Director:

George Sidney

Fullplot:

Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off things. It seems he will lose both race and girl, problems made more difficult by rivalry from Elmo Mancini, fellow racer and womaniser. Perhaps some singing will help.

Girl Happy

Girl Happy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1965-04-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (1425 Reviews)

Director:

Boris Sagal

Fullplot:

Elvis Presley is in fine form as singer Rusty Wells, who is hired by Big Frank to watch over his daughter, Val, while on her first girly holiday. Much mayhem ensues when heart throb Romano tries his luck with the hapless girl, and Elvis et all have to intervene.

Frankie and Johnny

Frankie and Johnny

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-03-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (1155 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Alex Gottlieb (screenplay)

Nat Perrin (story)

Fullplot:

A riverboat singer with a weakness for gambling wants to find his lucky red head, but his girlfriend Frankie is not amused.

God Is the Bigger Elvis

God Is the Bigger Elvis

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-04-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

37 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (267 Reviews)

Director:

Rebecca Cammisa

Fullplot:

Dolores Hart left a successful Hollywood acting career to become a nun. A true story.

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