Chad Gates has just been discharged from the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surf-board, his beach buddies and his girlfriend.
Score
Elvis crooning 'Can't Help Falling in Love' — the song outlived the film by decades.
Costume
Angela Lansbury as a pushy mom in tropical floral is camp perfection.
Director
Norman Taurog
Elvis Presley
Chad Gates
Joan Blackman
Maile Duval
Angela Lansbury
Sarah Lee Gates
Nancy Walters
Abigail Prentice
Roland Winters
Fred Gates
John Archer
Jack Kelman
Howard McNear
Mr. Chapman
Steve Brodie
Tucker Garvey
Christian Kay
Beverly Martin
Iris Adrian
Enid Garvey
Hilo Hattie
Waihila
Jenny Maxwell
Ellie Corbett
Pamela Austin
Sandy
Darlene Tompkins
Patsy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Elvis refused to film at the actual Coco Palms resort after discovering it had no pool; they built one overnight.
The film helped ignite the 1960s tiki craze while erasing Native Hawaiian labor history — paradise has a price tag.
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