King Creole

Jul 2, 1958

1h 56m

★ 6.4

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Music

Crime

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Hal Wallis Productions

King Creole Trailers

Cast

Danny Fisher

Elvis Presley

Ronnie

Carolyn Jones

Maxie Fields

Walter Matthau

Nellie

Dolores Hart

Mr. Fisher

Dean Jagger

Forty Nina

Liliane Montevecchi

Shark

Vic Morrow

Charlie LeGrand

Paul Stewart

Mimi Fisher

Jan Shepard

Sal (as Brian Hutton)

Brian G. Hutton

Dummy

Jack Grinnage

Eddie Burton

Dick Winslow

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