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Delinquent Danny Fisher flunks out of high school, quits his job as a nightclub busboy, and one night gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at The Blue Shade. Danny declines, but Fields won't take no for an answer.
1958 · Directed by Michael Curtiz · 116 min · Drama · Music · Crime · 10 frames
Tagline
A STORY PULSING WITH THE HEARTBEAT OF TODAY'S YOUTH!
Crew
- Screenplay: Herbert Baker, Michael V. Gazzo
- Cinematography: Russell Harlan
- Edited by: Warren Low
- Music: Walter Scharf
- Produced by: Joseph H. Hazen, Hal B. Wallis
Cast
- Elvis Presley as Danny Fisher
- Carolyn Jones as Ronnie
- Walter Matthau as Maxie Fields
- Dolores Hart as Nellie
- Dean Jagger as Mr. Fisher
- Liliane Montevecchi as Forty Nina
- Vic Morrow as Shark
- Paul Stewart as Charlie LeGrand
- Jan Shepard as Mimi Fisher
- Brian G. Hutton as Sal (as Brian Hutton)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures, Hal Wallis Productions
- Themes: nightclub, crime boss, musical, singer, black and white
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