Stars:
Elvis Presley,
Ann-Margret,
Cesare Danova,
William Demarest,
Nancy Sinatra,
Bill Bixby,
Gale Gordon,
Michael Ansara,
Mary Ann Mobley,
Fran Jeffries
Director:
Gene Nelson
Summary: In 'Viva Las Vegas' gambling, racing car action and hit song and dance routines all provide the ingredients for another high-energy Elvis movie. 'Speedway' enters into the thrill-a-minute world of racing when Elvis stars as an ace stock-car driver with nerves of steel who falls foul of an IRS agent. In 'Harum Scarum' a recording star gets kidnapped and finds himself involved in a plot to murder a king.
Contains three films starring Elvis Presley:
VIVA LAS VEGAS:
Elvis Presley is Lucky Jackson, an aspiring car racer with a dream of winning the Grand Prix. Sexy, feisty Ann-Margret is Rusty Martin, the swimming instructor who falls for him against her will, hating the idea of her man risking his life in a racing car. Lucky struggles to raise the money to buy a new engine while Rusty tries to convince him to give up racing for her. Includes the legendary title track and more.
SPEEDWAY:
With fellow heartthrob Nancy Sinatra riding shotgun, Elvis Presley moves to the fast lane in this action/comedy set in the world of stock car racing. Steve Grayson (Elvis) has long been king of the race track, so he's surprised when the IRS--in the person of slinky agent Susan Jacks (Sinatra)--starts breathing down his neck about $145,000 in unpaid taxes. The stock car star learns that his manager has been blowing his contest winnings at a racing arena of another kind, betting on horses. Now Steve must win all of his races not only to keep his title, but to pay his debt to the Taxman.
Includes the song highlights "Let Yourself Go" and "Speedway" plus Nancy Sinatra's "Your Groovy Self."
HARUM SCARUM:
From the director of OAKLAHOMA and introducing one of the stranger plots for an Elvis flick. The King plays a matinee idol on a visit to the desert kingdoms of the Middle East. His uneventful goodwill tour takes a turn for the weird when a team of assassins try to force him to exterminate their king. But Elvis has already captured the heart of the king's daughter (Mary Ann Mobley). Songs, include "My Desert Serenade," "Shake That Tambourine," and "So Close Yet So Far (From Paradise)."