Tickle Me

Tickle Me
Allied Artists, 1965, Color, 90 minutes
Released June, 1965

New man in Zuni Wells. Handsome. Knows horses. Looking for part-time work until rodeo season opens. But when the so-called ranch job Lonnie Beale snaps up turns out to be a stint at a dude ranch / spa for actresses and models and when the fella playing Lonnie is none other than Elvis Presley, it's a cinch we're all in for full-time fun!

Tickle Me tickles viewers with a saddlebag of nine tunes, including "I'm Yours" and "(Such An) Easy Question."

There's considerable tickling of the funnybone, too, since writers Elwood Ullman and Edward Bernds are veterans of the Three Stooges comedies. Frequent sitcom player Jack Mullaney is the foil of most of the gags and pratfalls. But Elvis also enjoys his share of the laughs as he meets girl (Jocelyn Lane), loses girl and gets girl back plus a fortune in lost gold. With songs, laughs and The King, Tickle Me is good as gold in so many ways. .


Produced by: Ben Schwalb
Production Manager: Frank Caffey
Directed by: Norman Taurog
Assistant Director: Arthur Jacobson
Technical Advisor: Col. Tom Parker
Written by: Elwood Ullman and Edward Bernds
Music Scored and Conducted by: Walter Scharf
Vocal Accompaniment by: The Jordanaires
Choreography: David Winters
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Arthur Lonergan
Set Decorations: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
Makeup Supervision: Wally Westmore
Hair Style Supervision: Nellie Manley
Costumes: Leah Rhodes
Sound Recording by: Hugo Grenzbach, Charles Grenzbach
Director of Photography: Loyal Griggs
Special Photographic Effects: Paul K. Lerpae
Process Photography: Farciot Edouart
Filmed in Panavision, Color by Deluxe
Edited by: Archie Marshek

Cast: Elvis Presley [Lonnie Beale], Julie Adams [Vera Radford], Jocelyn Lane [Pam Merritt], Jack Mullaney [Stanley Potter], Merry Anders [Estelle Penfield], Bill Williams [Deputy Sturdivant], Edward Faulkner [Brad Bentley], Connie Gilchrist [Hilda], Barbara Werle [Barbara], John Dennis [Adolph, the Chef], Grady Sutton [Mr. Dabney], Allison Hayes [Mabel], Inez Pedroza [Ophelia], Lilyan Chauvin [Ronnie], Angela Greene [Donna], Louis Elias [Jerry, the Groom], Robert Hoy [Henry, the Gardener], Dorothy Konrad [Mrs. Dabney], Eve Bruce [Pat], Francine York [Mildred], Laurie Burton [Janet], Linda Rogers [Clair Kinnamon], Ann Morell [Sibyl], Jean Ingram [Evelyn], Jackie Russell [Gloria], Peggy Ward [Dot], Dorian Brown [Polly], The Jordanaires [backup vocals]

Musical Program: [0:00] It's a Long, Lonely Highway (sung by Elvis Presley on-screen behind titles); [0:05] It Feels So Right (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [0:17] (Such An) Easy Question (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [0:20] Dirty, Dirty Feeling (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires, danced by Elvis and Ranch Guests); [0:39] Put the Blame on Me (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [0:47] I'm Yours (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [0:54] Night Rider (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [0:58] I Feel That I've Known You Forever (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [1:02] I Feel That I've Known You Forever (reprised by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [1:29] Slowly But Surely (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires)