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Thursday, July 25, 2024

Spinout (1966)

A part time racer and the lead singer of a rock band (Elvis Presley) enjoys the freedom of bachelorhood but three determined women are doing their best to push him into marriage: a millionaire's daughter (Shelley Fabares), a best selling author (Diane McBain) and the drummer (Deborah Walley) in his band. Directed by Norman Taurog (WORDS AND MUSIC). After 1962's KID GALAHAD which was a drama, Elvis Presley pretty much stuck to a "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" formula when it came to his movies. Lightweight with lots of songs, girls dancing the Frug or doing the Monkey around him, some lame comedy and minor romantic complications neatly wrapped up by the end of the movie. Unless you were a dyed in the wool Elvis fan, they weren't very good (VIVA LAS VEGAS being an exception but that had more to do with the electrifying Elvis/Ann Margret chemistry) but they were the money makers so Elvis and Colonel Parker ground them out like sausages until even the public had had enough. This one is inoffensive and it passes the time but that's a poor excuse for a movie, isn't it? With Carl Betz, Cecil Kellaway, Una Merkel, Dodie Marshall, Warren Berlinger, Jack Mullaney and Will Hutchins.

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