Drama / Music / Crime /

Score: 64%( 105 votes )

Overview: 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.

Cast:

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

Helene Hatch
Mrs. Pearson (uncredited)

Kitty White
Street Vendor (uncredited)

Scotty Moore
Guitar Player (uncredited)

Richard Simmons
Little Tot (uncredited)

Candy Candido
Doorman (uncredited)

Barbara Gayle
Salesgirl (uncredited)

Reita Green
Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)

Trustin Howard
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Gustave Lax
Patron (uncredited)

Ziva Rodann
Entertainer (uncredited)

Tony Russel
Chico (uncredited)

Ron Nyman
Patron (uncredited)

Jackie Joseph
Salesgirl (uncredited)

Gavin Gordon
Mr. Primont (uncredited)

Ned Glass
Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

Lilyan Chauvin
Catherine (uncredited)

Sam Buffington
Dr. Martin Cabot (uncredited)

Val Avery
Ralph (uncredited)