Love Me Tender

"Love him strong... Love him sweet... Love him tender!"

Nov 15 1956 Approved 1h 29m
Drama, Musical, Romance

At the end of the Civil War, a Confederate team is ordered to rob a Union payroll train but the war ends leaving these men with their Union loot, until the Feds come looking for it.

Plot

Elvis plays Clint Reno, one of the Reno brothers who stayed home while his brother went to fight in the Civil War for the Confederate army. When his brother Vance comes back from the war, he finds that his old girlfriend Cathy has married Clint. The family has to struggle to reach stability with this issue. Vance is involved in a train robbery, while a Confederate soldier, of Federal Government money. There is a conflict of interest, when Vance tries to return the money, against the wishes of some of his fellow Confederates.

Written by

Robert Buckner, Maurice Geraghty

Directed by

Robert D. Webb

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
5,026
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA