Screening

About King Creole

Rating:

PG PG

Year Released:

1958

Genres:

Drama, Musical

Metadata:

Directed by Michael Curtiz

In what is considered by many to be his finest dramatic performance, Elvis Presley plays troubled youth Danny Fisher whose singing sets the French Quarter ablaze. With a sweet girl to love him and nightclub owners fighting over his contract, it looks like Fisher will shake off his past and head for the top. But will a mobster (Walter Matthau) and his moll (Carolyn Jones) snare him into a life of crime? Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive. (16mm Film Presentation)