The plot, no more complicated than it has to be, revolves around Lucky Jackson (Presley), a race-car driver who unluckily loses the money he needs for a new engine, and seeks employment as a hotel waiter while romancing swimming instructor Rusty Martin (Ann-Margret) as a fringe benefit. ...
which—surprisingly—has little to do with gambling or show business. Instead, Elvis is the singing racecar driver Lucky Jackson, who woos Ann-Margret as Rusty Martin, the Flamingo’s pool manager, while preparing for the (fictitious) Las Vegas Grand Prix. Although many of the in...
SpinoutElvis plays a singing race car driver who tries to resist the charms of three women (Shelley Fabares, Diane McBain, Deborah Walley), all of whom are determined to marry him. Easy Come, Easy GoAs a singing frogman, Elvis spoofs the mid-sixties counter culture while trying to recover...
Throughout Elvis’ 33 movies, he stars as a race car driver in three of them — most notably being Taurog’sSpinout, a film that etched itself in race car history as it saw none other thanThe King drive the first-ever McLaren. Following Elvis as Mike McCoy, the lead singer of a trav...
Despite the drama created during the racing sequences,Speedwayis essentially a comedy. The yucks begin before the start of the film’s first race, when a driver kisses a rabbit’s foot for luck, only to be upstaged by a member of Elvis’ pit crew, who pulls out a whole, live rabbit...
Turner Classic Movies will devote a day to Elvis on the 30th anniversary of his passing. The schedule for August 16th is listed below. Thursday, August 16, 2007 (all times Eastern) 6:00 AM Stay Away Joe (’68) 7:45 AM Charro! (’69) ...
The first time I remember hearing Stevie Wonder was when I heard him singing "Fingertips," in the movieCooley High. I was in awe of this child's ability to see himself so clearly and be so sure of himself so young. Then I had to go back and discover Stevie Wonder as a whol...
In many ways, the events of 1960 and Elvis’ return to America set up a cycle of events that he was either never willing or able to escape for the rest of his life. Elvis would fly to Los Angeles or go on location for a movie shoot for a few weeks, pop into a California or Nas...
Elvis plays a race-car driver (for the first of three times) who comes to the world capital of show-biz kitsch for an encounter with the pneumatic Ann-Margret.Viva Las Vegasgarnered respectful reviews when it was released, but viewed today it seems as dumb and formulaic as any other Pres...
“After that, we completely lost interest. The movie could have been something great. We were cut off. We had no communication with him. And Elvis went on to do some unimportant films.” Stoller saw Presley for the last time in Vegas shortly before his death in 1977. He introduced the ...