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- Viva Las Vegas Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964.
Movie Cast and Crew - Information
(1964)
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Art Director: Edward C. Carfagno
George W. Davis,
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Composer: George Stoll
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Director: George Sidney
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Director of Photography: Joseph Biroc
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Editor: John Jr. McSweeney
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Producer: Jack Cummings,
George Sidney
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Screenwriter: Sally Benson
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Starring: Elvis Presley,
Nicky Blair,
Jack Carter,
Cesare Danova,
William Demarest,
Eddie Quillan,
Robert B. Williams
- Released: 1964
- Rating: PG (MPAA)
- Running Time: 86 Minutes
- Color; Digitally Re-Mastered; Closed Captioned; Elvis Commemorative Collection
- Elvis Presley is ,i>Lucky Jackson, an aspiring auto racer with a dream of winning the Grand Prix. Sexy, spunky Ann-Margret is Rusty Martin, the swimming instructor who falls for him against her will, hating the idea of her man risking his life in a race car. Lucky struggles to raise the money to buy a new engine while Rusty tries to convince him to give up racing for her.
George Sidney, a seasoned veteran of the lavish Hollywood musical, proves the perfect helmsman for this high-voltage Elvis vehicle. The King croons, shakes, and shimmies while Ann-Margret shows her mastery of 1960s-style gyrations in the glitzy, electric production numbers. The two charismatic stars are at their best during a hilarious first date, which includes dancing, motorcycling, dressing up at a wild West show, skiing, and going for a ride in a helicopter. How could they not hit it off? Their powerful magnetism centers this glittering, extravagant treasure chest of a film that ranks among Elvis's best.
A volcanic eruption of song, dance, and high-gloss production design, provided for by a lean narrative in which Elvis, in race car mode, hits the Vegas strip to win enough dough to rebuild his engine in time for the proverbial big race.
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