KID GALAHAD

Kid Galahad
Mirisch / UA, 1962, Color, 95 minutes
Released August, 1962

Fine remake of the boxing classic stars Elvis Presley as a garage mechanic-turned-prize fighter who runs afoul of gangster Charles Bronson. Between bouts, Elvis manages to sing a song or two, including "King of the Whole Wide World" and "I Got Lucky." With Lola Albright, Gig Young.


Produced by: David Weisbart
Directed by: Phil Karlson
Assistant Director: Jerome M. Siegel
Technical Advisor: Col. Tom Parker
Boxing Advisor: Mushy Callahan
Screen Play by: William Fay
Based on a Story by: Francis Wallace
Music by: Jeff Alexander
Songs: "King of the Whole Wide World" (by) Ruth Batchelor and Bob Roberts, "This Is Living" (by) Fred Wise and Ben Weisman, "Riding the Rainbow" (by) Fred Wise and Ben Weisman, "Home Is Where the Heart Is" (by) Sherman Edwards and Hal David, "I Got Lucky" (by) Ben Dee Fuller, Fred Wise and Ben Weisman, "A Whistling Tune" (by) Sherman Edwards and Hal David
Art Director: Cary Odell
Set Decorator: Edward G. Boyle
Make Up: Lynn Reynolds
Hairdresser: Alice Monte
Wardrobe: Bert Henrikson, Irene Caine
Sound: Lambert Day
Special Effects: Milt Rice
Director of Photography: Burnett Guffey
Color by De Luxe
Film Editor: Stuart Gilmore

Cast: Elvis Presley [Walter Gulick], Gig Young [Willy Grogan], Lola Albright [Dolly Fletcher], Joan Blackman [Rose Grogan], Charles Bronson [Lew Nyack], David Lewis [Otto Danzig], Robert Emhardt [Maynard], Liam Redmond [Father Higgins], Judson Pratt [Zimmerman], Ned Glass [Lieberman], George Mitchell [Sperling], Roy Roberts [Jerry Bathgate], Michael Dante [Joie Shakes], Richard Devon [Marvin], Jeffrey Morris [Ralphie], Additional Cast: Edward Asner [Frank Gerson, Assistant District Attorney], Frank Gerstle [Romero's Manager], The Jordanaires [backup vocals]

Musical Program: [0:00] King of the Whole Wide World (sung by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires behind titles); [0:20] This Is Living (sung by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires); [0:37] Riding the Rainbow (sung by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires); [0:49] Home Is Where the Heart Is (sung by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires); [0:54] I Got Lucky (sung and danced [The Twist] by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires); [1:11] A Whistling Tune (sung and whistled by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires)