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King Creole

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King Creole (1958)

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Reviews Counted:12

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Average Rating:6.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: Considered by many to be the best Elvis movie, KING CREOLE stars the young Mr. Presley as Danny Fisher, a singer with a knack for getting into trouble. After the cops nab him for stealing, Danny... Considered by many to be the best Elvis movie, KING CREOLE stars the young Mr. Presley as Danny Fisher, a singer with a knack for getting into trouble. After the cops nab him for stealing, Danny vows never to violate the law again. He manages to land a gig singing at a hip nightclub in the French Quarter of New Orleans. However, mobster Maxie Fields (Walter Matthau) soon demands that Danny perform exclusively for him. And to make matters worse, Danny gets involved with Maxie's squeeze (Carolyn Jones) and risks losing his own true love, Nellie (Dolores Hart), as well as his own neck. [More]

Starring: Elvis Presley, Walter Matthau, Carolyn Jones, Dean Jagger

Starring: Elvis Presley, Walter Matthau, Carolyn Jones, Dean Jagger, Dolores Hart, Liliane Montevecchi, Paul Stewart, Vic Morrow

Director: Michael Curtiz

Director: Michael Curtiz
Screenwriter: Herbert Baker, Michael V. Gazzo
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Composer: Walter Scharf

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Elvis rises to the occasion of his fourth feature. He's a natural, more attitude and impulse than complexity and nuance, as he burns through the role...

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'This one won't force out the hankies to dry up the tears because laughter is a more appropriate response to the clichéd script'

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It does demand to be taken seriously.

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Presley oferece uma atuação convincente, Matthau está ótimo como vilão e o filme consegue inserir os números musicais sem interromper a narrativa.

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