ELVIS: FRANKIE AND JOHNNY!(1966):
This has some really great co-stars in it, including
Harry Morgan(M.A.S.H., Dragnet), and Donna Douglas
(The Beverly Hillbillies!)! It is quite short even for
an Elvis movie(87 minutes), and the pace makes it
seem even shorter!
Some really swinging numbers, including a really
nice tune, Please Don't Stop Loving Me, and the
title song is great! The movie is really just an
enactment of the song itself! A lot of fun! B+
From another reviewer at IMDb.com:
Frankie and Johnny wasn't half bad as Elvis pictures
go- which means it was half- watchable as a movie
and not just a typical kitchy vehicle to ogle the King.
The musical performances we're good and the sets and
costumes interesting-the high point in the film is
the last performance of Frankie and Johnny--Elvis
actually comes off pretty suave at times as a river
boat gambler and his character played well off a
nubile, young Donna Douglas. Harry Morgan does
a good job as Elvis' older, more wary sidekick and
the rest of the cast work well and don't detract/subtract
from the main action which is of course- Elvis. Not
a bad way to kill an afternoon or round off an
evening of insomnia. - juliano66