Roustabout (1964)

Elvis Presley (Charlie Rogers)............................................. ......................................Barbara Stanwyck (Maggie Moran)
Joan Freeman (Cathy Lean)................................................ .......................................................Leif Ericson (Joe Lean)
Sue Ane Langdon (Madame Mijanou).................................. ..................................................Pat Buttram (Harry Carver)
Joan Staley (Marge)........................................................... ..............................................Dabbs Greer (Arthur Nielsen)
Steve Brodie (Fred)............................................................ ..................................................Norman Grabowski (Sam)
Jack Alberson (Lou)........................................................... ..............................................................Jane Dulo (Hazel)
Mariana Hill (Viola)............................................................ ...................................................................Raquel Welch

Melodrama with music.  Charlie Rogers, an embittered orphan who makes his living as a singer/guitarist, is involved in a motorcycle accident with a jeep driven by Joe Lean. Annoyed at Charlie's shouted advances to his daughter Cathy, Joe runs Charlie off the highway, wrecking his motorcycle and his guitar. Maggie, who owns a carnival where Cathy is an assistant, promises to have the motorcycle repaired and the guitar replaced; in the meantime, she hires Charlie as a roustabout at her carnival. Although Charlie is unhappy with the work, his increasing fondness for Cathy keeps him on the job after the motorcycle and the guitar are returned. Charlie soon becomes a featured attraction as a singer, and the carnival, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, begins to make money. Harry Carver, and unscrupulous businessman, makes Charlie an offer to perform in a nightclub for more money, and after an argument with Joe and squabbles with Cathy and Maggie, he accepts. Charlie is an immense success, but Maggie's carnival is again on the verge of closing. Cathy comes to one of Charlie's performances, and they realize that they are in love. Charlie leaves Carver and returns to Maggie's carnival in time to save it.

Hal Wallis Productions. Dist Paramount Pictures. 10 Nov 1964 [New York opening; c10 Nov 1964; LP29277]. Sd; col (Technicolor) 35mm (Techniscope). 101 min. Prod Hal B. Wallis. Assoc Prod Paul Nathan. Dir John Rich. Screenplay Anthony Lawrence, Allan Weiss. Story Allan Weiss. Cinematog Lucien Ballard. Art Dir Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler. Set Decor Sam Comer, Robert R. Benton. Film Ed Warren Low. Mus Joseph J. Lilley. Songs: "Roustabout," "Poison Ivy League," "One Track Heart," Bill Giant, Bernie Baum, Florence Kaye. Songs: "Wheels on My Heels," "It's A Wonderful World," Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett. Song: "It's Carnival Time" Ben Weisman, Sid Wayne. Song: "Carny Town" Fred Wise, Randy Starr. Songs: "Hard Knocks," "There's a Brand New Day On the Horizon" Joy Byers. Song: "Big Love, Big Heartache" Dolores Fuller, Lee Morris, Sonny Hendrix. Song: "Little Egypt" Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller. Songs sung by Elvis Presley. Vocal accompaniment The Jordanaires. Choreog Earl Barton. Sd Charles Grenzbach, John Carter. Asst Dir D. Michael Moore. Prod Mgr Frank Caffey. Cost Edith Head. Sp Photog Eff Paul K. Lerpae. Process Photog Farciot Edouart. Tech Adv Col. Tom Parker.

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