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A race-car driver preparing for the Grand Prix wiles his time in Las Vegas working as a waiter to pay for his new engine and soon strikes up a romance with a beautiful young woman.A race-car driver preparing for the Grand Prix wiles his time in Las Vegas working as a waiter to pay for his new engine and soon strikes up a romance with a beautiful young woman.A race-car driver preparing for the Grand Prix wiles his time in Las Vegas working as a waiter to pay for his new engine and soon strikes up a romance with a beautiful young woman.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Robert Aiken
- Driver
- (uncredited)
Don Anderson
- Wedding Guest
- (uncredited)
Larry Barton
- Son of the Lone Star State
- (uncredited)
Toni Basil
- Dancer in Red Dress (What'd I Say)
- (uncredited)
Herman Boden
- Casino Patron
- (uncredited)
William Burnside
- Son of the Lone Star State
- (uncredited)
Carl Carlsson
- Juggler
- (uncredited)
Ruth Carlsson
- Juggler
- (uncredited)
Regina Carrol
- Showgirl
- (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
- Maitre 'd
- (uncredited)
Jack Carter
- Casino Performer
- (uncredited)
Taggart Casey
- Guard
- (uncredited)
George Cisar
- Manager of Swingers
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaThis was the biggest grossing of all Elvis Presley's movies, eclipsing his previous all-time top hit, Blue Hawaii (1961), by about $450,000.
- GoofsWhen Rusty is dancing in a lavender bodysuit, she wears high heels until about 2/3 way through and then she is shown with lavender ballet slippers.
- Quotes
Rusty Martin: Can you help me, please?
Lucky Jackson: Can we help you? Yes ma'am.
Rusty Martin: Well, then, I'd like you to check my motor, it whistles.
Lucky Jackson: I don't blame it!
- ConnectionsEdited into Kingdom: Elvis in Vegas (2007)
- SoundtracksThe Yellow Rose of Texas/The Eyes of Texas
(uncredited)
Written by Don George, adapted by Randy Starr and Fred Wise/John Lang Sinclair
Performed by Elvis Presley
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Elvis' only bonafide Hollywood movie musical gives a hint of what might have been
Why didn't Elvis work more often with strong female musical co-stars like Ann-Margret? Given how powerful the result was in VIVA LAS VEGAS, it's a shame they didn't try to tailor more full-blown Hollywood movie musicals for him. He worked with Nancy Sinatra in SPEEDWAY, but aside from one song written for her by Lee Hazlewood, she wasn't given much to do musically in the film and doesn't even share a duet with Elvis. What would an Elvis teamup with Julie Andrews have been like? Or Shirley MacLaine? Or, dare I say it, Doris Day? And why not younger 1960s musical stars like Petula Clark or Diana Ross? Or even Annette Funicello. The possibilities are tantalizing. Instead they kept putting him with attractive but non-musical co-stars in lightweight romantic comedies with occasional songs, with titles like GIRL HAPPY, DOUBLE TROUBLE, CLAMBAKE, TICKLE ME, and EASY COME, EASY GO, that just don't compare with VIVA LAS VEGAS. At least in ROUSTABOUT, he had a formidable female co-star in Barbara Stanwyck. She didn't sing or dance, but she sure acted up a storm. And her chemistry with Elvis was far more evident than any he might have had with the starlets who populated all his fluffy, throwaway comedies with music.
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- BrianDanaCamp
- Aug 22, 2008
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- Also known as
- Only Girl in Town
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- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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