JAILHOUSE ROCK

Jailhouse Rock
MGM, 1957, B/W, 96 minutes
General release November, 1957

Sent to prison for accidentally killing a man, young Vince Everett (Elvis) takes up singing behind bars. But everything gets "All Shook Up" when he crosses paths with a beautiful record label talent scout in this fast-paced musical drama featuring seven dynamic classics including "I Want to Be Free," "Don't Leave Me Now," "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" and the blistering smash "Jailhouse Rock."


Produced by: Pandro S. Berman
Associate Producer: Kathryn Hereford
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
Assistant Director: Robert E. Relyea
Screen Play by: Guy Trosper
Based on a Story by: Ned Young
Technical Advisor: Colonel Tom Parker
Music Supervised by: Jeff Alexander
Songs Mostly by:: Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber
Additional Songs by: Roy C. Bennett, Aaron Schroeder, Abner Silver, Sid Tepper, Ben Weisman
Choreography: Alex Romero, Elvis Presley
Art Directors: William A. Horning and Randall Duell
Set Decorations: Henry Grace, Keogh Gleason
Make-Up by: William Tuttle
Recording Supervisor: Dr. Wesley C. Miller
Special Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie
Director of Photography: Robert Bronner
Filmed in CinemaScope
Film Editor: Ralph E. Winters

Cast: Elvis Presley [Vince Everett], Judy Tyler [Peggy Van Alden], Mickey Shaughnessy [Hunk Houghton], Vaughn Taylor [Mr. Shores], Jennifer Holden [Sherry Wilson], Dean Jones [Teddy Talbot], Anne Neyland [Laury Jackson], Additional Cast: Hugh Sanders [Warden], Mike Stoller [Pianist], Grandon Rhodes [Prof. August Van Alden], Katherine Warren [Mrs. Van Alden], Don Burnett [Mickey Alba], George Cisar [Jake, the Bartender], Glenn Strange [Simpson, Convict], John Indrisano [Convict], Robert Bice [Bardeman, TV Studio Manager], Percy Helton [Sam Brewster], Peter Adams [Jack Lease], William Forrest [Studio Head], Dan White [Paymaster], Robin Raymond [Dotty], John Day [Ken], S. John Launer [Judge], Dick Rich [Guard], Elizabeth Slifer [Cleaning Woman], Gloria Pall [Stripteaser], Fred Coby [Bartender], Frank Kreig [Drunk], William Tannen [Record Distributor], Wilson Wood [Recording Engineer], Tom McKee [TV Director], Donald Kerr [Photographer], Carl Milletaire [Drummond], Francis DeSales [Surgeon], Harry Hines [Hotel Clerk], Dorothy Abbott [Woman in Cafe], Bess Flowers [Party Guest], The Jordanaires [Musicians]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture: Jailhouse Rock / Young and Beautiful (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:10] One More Day (sung by Mickey Shaughnessy); [0:12] Young and Beautiful (sung by Elvis Presley); [0:16] I Want to Be Free (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [0:30] Young and Beautiful (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [0:34] Don't Leave Me Now (ballad version sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [0:36] Don't Leave Me Now ("hot" version sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [0:51] Treat Me Nice (sung by Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires); [1:04] Jailhouse Rock (production number sung and danced by Elvis Presley and Mens Chorus); [1:18] Baby, I Don't Care (sung by Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires); [1:34] Young and Beautiful (sung by Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires)