After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.
Acting
Barbara Stanwyck collecting a paycheck with magnificent disdain.
Production
Genuine carnival chaos—someone definitely got food poisoning on set.
Director
John Rich
Elvis Presley
Charlie Rogers
Barbara Stanwyck
Maggie Morgan
Joan Freeman
Cathy Lean
Leif Erickson
Joe Lean
Sue Ane Langdon
Madame Mijanou
Pat Buttram
Harry Carver
Joan Staley
Marge
Dabbs Greer
Arthur Nielsen
Steve Brodie
Fred
Norman Grabowski
Sam
Jack Albertson
Lou
Jane Dulo
Hazel
Joel Fluellen
Cody Marsh
Wilda Taylor
Little Egypt
Beverly Adams
Cora (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Elvis's $500,000 salary made him the highest-paid actor in Hollywood that year. For THIS.
This was Elvis's last film with a major female co-star over 40—Stanwyck at 57 playing his boss, not his love interest, because even 1964 had limits.
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