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.
Acting
Elvis actually tries here, and Walter Matthau chews scenery as villain.
Direction
Michael Curtiz brings Casablanca polish to juvenile delinquent territory.
Score
King Creole and Trouble—Elvis at his most threatening.
Director
Michael Curtiz
Elvis Presley
Danny Fisher
Carolyn Jones
Ronnie
Walter Matthau
Maxie Fields
Dolores Hart
Nellie
Dean Jagger
Mr. Fisher
Liliane Montevecchi
Forty Nina
Vic Morrow
Shark
Paul Stewart
Charlie LeGrand
Jan Shepard
Mimi Fisher
Brian G. Hutton
Sal (as Brian Hutton)
Jack Grinnage
Dummy
Dick Winslow
Eddie Burton
Raymond Bailey
Mr. Evans
Anne Caprile
Mimi Fisher (Voice)
Gavin Gordon
Mr. Primont
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Elvis got drafted into the Army right after filming; this was his last role before service and his final black-and-white film.
Curtiz fought Paramount to shoot on location in New Orleans, capturing genuine French Quarter atmosphere that studio backlots couldn't fake.
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