Band singer/race driver Mike McCoy must choose between marrying a beautiful rich girl and driving her father's car in a prestigious race.
Acting
Elvis's smirk carries entire scenes he clearly sleepwalked through.
Cinematography
Glorious Metrocolor makes 1966 California look aggressively edible.
Costume
Elvis's racing suits: tighter than his schedule, somehow.
Director
Norman Taurog
Elvis Presley
Mike McCoy
Shelley Fabares
Cynthia Foxhugh
Diane McBain
Diana St. Clair
Dodie Marshall
Susan
Deborah Walley
Les
Jack Mullaney
Curly
Will Hutchins
Tracy Richards
Warren Berlinger
Philip Short
Carl Betz
Howard Foxhugh
Cecil Kellaway
Bernard Ranley
Una Merkel
Violet Ranley
Frederick Worlock
Blodgett
Dave Barry
Harry
Thordis Brandt
Bit Girl (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Elvis's third film with Shelley Fabares—they'd already done 'Girl Happy' and 'Clambake,' making her his most frequent on-screen romantic partner.
The 'spinout' race climax was shot at Paramount's ranch with recycled footage from 1959's 'Thunder in the Sun'—Hollywood efficiency at its finest.
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