Directed by:
Richard ThorpeScreenplay:
Guy TrosperCinematography:
Robert J. BronnerComposer:
Jeff AlexanderCast:
Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy, Jennifer Holden, Dean Jones, Glenn Strange, Bill Hickman, Hugh Sanders, Bess Flowers, Percy Helton (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
After a barroom brawl, young Vince Everett is sent to prison for manslaughter. With a little help from his hard-nosed cellmate, Everett begins developing his singing talents. After his release, the bitter but determined Vince spares no one as he climbs his way to the top of the music charts. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
D. J. Fontana
USA
Best movies:
Loving You (1957)
Jailhouse Rock (1957)
G.I. Blues (1960)
Brick Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Love Crazy (1941)
Robert Bice
USA
Best movies:
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Cosmo Sardo
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
North by Northwest (1959)
John Daheim
USA
Best movies:
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Spartacus (1960)
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
William Tannen
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Love Crazy (1941)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
John Indrisano
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
William Forrest
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
Joe McGuinn
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Grandon Rhodes
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
White Heat (1949)
Storm Warning (1951)
George Cisar
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
Call Northside 777 (1948)
Katherine Warren
USA
Best movies:
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
The Country Girl (1954)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Dick Rich
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Peter Adams
USA
Best movies:
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
Funny Girl (1968)
Pat and Mike (1952)
Robin Raymond
USA
Best movies:
Wild in the Country (1961)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Tortilla Flat (1942)
Francis De Sales
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Gene Coogan
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Gloria Pall
USA
Best movies:
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Jack Shea
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Detective Story (1951)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
S. John Launer
USA
Best movies:
Apache Rifles (1964)
Mommie Dearest (1981)
Marnie (1964)