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About the Film

Year

1964

Rating

PG

Genre

Musical

Running Time

101 MIN

Synopsis

Charlie Rogers (Elvis Presley) is a coffeehouse singer who joins a financially troubled carnival in Roustabout. He is hired by owner Maggie Morgan (Barbara Stanwyck) and soon catches the eye of his pretty female co-worker Cathy Lean (Joan Freeman). Cathy's irate father Joe (Leif Erickson) clashes with Charlie when he tries to romance his daughter, but Charlie's singing helps bring in the much-needed money for the failing carnival and keeps the wolves from the big tent show. A disagreement has Charlie joining another carnival before things are smoothed out. Watch for Raquel Welch and Terry Garr in bit parts. Presley delivers 11 songs, the highlight being the Mike Leiber/Jerry Stoller tune"Little Egypt".

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Where to Watch

Digital

About the Cast

Elvis Presley

Charlie Rogers

Barbara Stanwyck

Maggie Morgan

Leif Erickson

Joe Lean

Raquel Welch

College Girl

Joan Freeman

Cathy Lean

Teri Garr

College Girl

Sue Ane Langdon

Mme. Mijanou

Pat Buttram

Harry Carver

Joan Staley

Marge

Dabbs Greer

Arthur Nielsen

Steve Brodie

Freddie

Norman Grabowski

Sam, the College Student

About the Crew

Director

John Rich

Producer

Joseph H. Hazen

Producer

Hal B. Wallis

Writer

Anthony Lawrence

Writer

Paul Nathan

Writer

Allan Weiss

Music Scoring

Joseph Lilley