King Creole

"A STORY PULSING WITH THE HEARTBEAT OF TODAY'S YOUTH!"

Jul 2 1958 PG 1h 56m
Crime, Drama, Musical

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.

Plot

Having flunked graduation for a second time and needing cash to support his crabby (and thus unemployed) father, Danny Fisher takes a job as a singer in the King Creole nightclub - about the only joint around not run by smarmy crook Maxie Fields who wants him for his own place. He gets on pretty well with Fields' floozy though, and all this plus his involvement with Fields' hoods and with innocent five-and-dime store assistant Nellie means Danny finds his world closing in on him all ways round.

Written by

Herbert Baker, Michael V. Gazzo, Harold Robbins

Directed by

Michael Curtiz

Cast

Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Hal Wallis Productions, Paramount

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
Movie Trailer - King Creole (1958)
Featurettes
Don Coscarelli on KING CREOLE
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