King Creole
1958 · Movie · 116 min · ★ 6.4 · 95% critics
After failing at school and struggling to help his family, a troubled young man discovers he can draw a crowd by singing in a New Orleans nightclub. As his popularity grows, he’s pulled between rival club owners and the dangerous influence of a local crime boss who won’t accept being turned down.
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Details
- Years
- 1958
- Release date
- 1958-07-02
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (113 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a darker, more dramatic music-driven story about ambition and pressure in the nightclub world; Not for you if you’re after a light, feel-good musical like A Star Is Born.
Pros: gritty New Orleans atmosphere; strong lead performance; songs fit the story | Cons: some contrived plotting; overlong runtime; thinly written women
Themes
- nightclub
- crime boss
- musical
- singer
- black and white
Cast & crew
Elvis Presley
as Danny Fisher
Carolyn Jones
as Ronnie
Walter Matthau
as Maxie Fields
Dolores Hart
as Nellie
Dean Jagger
as Mr. Fisher
Liliane Montevecchi
as Forty Nina
Vic Morrow
as Shark
Paul Stewart
as Charlie LeGrand
Jan Shepard
as Mimi Fisher
Brian G. Hutton
as Sal (as Brian Hutton)
Directed by Michael Curtiz