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Frankie and Johnny | |
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Directed by | Frederick de Cordova |
Screenplay by | Alex Gottlieb |
Story by | Nat Perrin |
Produced by | Edward Small |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Jacques R. Marquette |
Edited by | Grant Whytock |
Music by | Fred Karger |
Production companies | Frankie and Johnny Productions |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $4,500,000 |
Box office | $2,750,000 (est. US/ Canada rentals)[1] |
Frankie and Johnny is a 1966 American Western musical film starring Elvis Presley as a riverboat gambler. The role of "Frankie" was played by Donna Douglas from The Beverly Hillbillies TV series. The film reached #40 on the Variety weekly national box office list for 1966. The budget of the film was estimated at $4.5 million. The director was Frederick De Cordova, who in 1970 went on to become the director and producer of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.