FRANKIE AND JOHNNY (WIDESCREEN) [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1966
• Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
• Plot: The Mississippi River's never seen as many wild twists as in this spirited and extravagant riverboat ride, which stars the King of Rock'n'Roll Elvis Presley and the lovely Donna Douglas of 'The Beverly Hillbillies!' Featuring hilarious support from Harry Morgan ('M.A.S.H.') and eleven original Presley tunes as well as his motion-picture dancing debut, Frankie and Johnny is a 'sure-fire romppretty girls, a toe-tapping score and Elvis all the way' (Variety)! Presley is Johnny, a riverboat singer whose life, according to girlfriend and singing partner Frankie (Douglas),has become 'one great big roulette wheel.' And he's so obsessed with that wheel of misfortune that when a gypsy woman prescribes a redhead to be his good luck charm, Johnny sets out to find one. Trouble is, Frankie is most definitely a blonde...and a jealous blonde at that. When she sees Johnny with curvaceous carrot-top Nellie Bly (Nancy Kovack of The Silencers), Frankie decides that she'll break off her romance with Johnnyand end their big numberwith a bang!
• Cast: Elvis Presley, Donna Douglas, Harry Morgan, Sue Ane Langdon, Nancy Kovack, Audrey Christie, Robert Strauss, Anthony Eisley, Joyce Jameson, Alex Ball, William 'Billy' Benedict, Mushy Callahan, Judy Chapman, Charles Cirillo, Henry Corden, Jerome Cowan, James Gonzalez, George Klein, Joseph La Cava, Jack Littlefield, Dee Jay Mattis, Kent McCord, James Millhollin, Cliff Norton, Eddie Quillan, Richard Reeves, Clark Ross, Naomi Stevens, Wilda Taylor, Larri Thomas, Joe Walls, Howard Wendell, Robert B. Williams, Dave Willock, Dick Winslow, John Zimeas, Frederick De Cordova, Alex Gottlieb, Nat Perrin
• Director: Frederick De Cordova
• Runtime: 1:28
• Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Media Format: Movie