Cheerful Elvis MGM-Joe Pasternak musical in which the star is perhaps a bit too old but has a totally ideal plot for a Saturday afternoon film - he goes to Fort Lauderdale to keep an eye on the daughter of a tough club owner; at first he thinks the job will be easy, only to discover she looks like Shelley Fabares.Gary Crosby, Bing's son, who made a few films at Fox, plays Elvis' mate - he's a bit too old, too - but it's all very cheerful with a catchy theme tune, and Shelley Fabares is always a pleasure to watch in this sort of thing. She does a fewdances where she invokes to spirit of Ann Margaret, i.e. a lot of hairflying and hip shimmying. Elvis' performance is erratic - sometimes he seems interested in what's going on, other times bored, and he smoulders a surprising amount for a beach party movie (notice his look at Fabares at the end, its like he can't wait to drag her off into the bushes).
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