Double Trouble

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Guy Lambert (Elvis Presley) is a rock star touring Europe and chasing girls. In London, he brings Jill Conway back to his hotel room but it turns out badly. Jill's uncle Gerald Waverly is trying to keep her and her inheritance under his control. Guy is shocked to learn that she's a love-struck underage girl but she continues to pursue him. They get stuck in a jewel smuggling scheme when two criminals hide their jewels in her luggage. Someone is also trying to kill them. Elvis always has his natural charms. I actually like his womanizing troubles. They humanizes him. I would change Jill age by advancing it four days. It would be funnier if she considers him her birthday present and less awkward if there isn't the smell of illegality. He can still try to keep her at arm's length due to her clinginess. Otherwise, I really like her character and she has fun with Elvis. I am surprised that Annette Day did not continue to act. This is her one and only notable appearance. The three idiot cops do go too far but I do understand having the Insp. Clouseau wannabes for comedic purposes. The movie struggles to keep going after someone dies. The death should be the climax instead of being in the middle. As for Elvis, he sings, he charms, and he Karate-chops. It's light Elvis fun with murder and mayhem.

This story has a bit more going for it than your average elvis film! Most of the time, it was just girl trouble, which always seemed to revolve around the elvis. In this one, "guy" goes on tour in europe and gets caught up in jewel smuggling operation. But first he meets jill (annette day, who was SO much younger than he), who decides she's going to marry him. Even before they have kissed! For most of the movie, she's dressed up as a young school girl, just to make the story even stranger. The usual mix of catchy tunes (long legged girl) and a bunch of forgettable songs. He actually sings old macdonald, at one point. Some familiar faces: jill's uncle is john williams, who was also the chauffeur in sabrina. Leon askin (general burkhalter!) is in here as the inspector. Check out the wiere brothers in wikipedia dot org... they were an act in vaudeville, and made several film and tv appearances from 1930s to the 1960s. They are they coppers who bring guy in for questioning, and probably the best part of the film. The storyline is odd, the choice of musical numbers is odd, and there's just a strange chemistry between everyone. The first half is slow as molasses, but it does pick up about halfway through. It's just okay. Of course, elvis fans should watch it, for historical reasons. Directed by the usual director norman taurog.

I've always been and still am a Elvis Presley fan, but this by far is one of the worst Presley movies he made!!!! Including the songs, I can see why he couldn't wait to get out of the movie contracts!!!! The only entertaining of this movie was seeing two of my favorite characters actors John Willams, and my man Walter Burke!!!!!!!!!

Elvis gets stalked by a homely underaged Brit in the most mystifying casting decision in Elvis' film career. The King shows fine wit. And the songs are fun - for me, anyway, not being old enough to remember Elvis as anything other than a fat guy who shot out his TV and died on his toilet. I just don't know what producers were thinkingg when they cast this young woman. Did they run out of hot women in Britain in 1967. Or were here bad teeth an in-joke about legendary English dental care (or lack thereof)? This movie wouldn't be half-bad if they could digitally replace the female lead who wasn't so repulsive. And if they'd deleted the Old McDonald song. I mean, come on, leave Elvis with at least a sliver of his dgnity. I mean, my god, by 1967, not only were the hopelessly square Beatles a worldwde phenomenom, the Rolling Stones were already a thing.

When I was a boy used to watch many movies of Elvis aired on TV at seventies, strangely this is new for me, Elvis is the pop singer Guy Lambert on tour at England (which never did) with a band of Beatles alikes, making a mocking of the famous British Band on purpose, sounds silly and bad advertisement to entry on a valuable market, along the tour he meets a mellow girl Jill Conway (Annette Day) so hot likes a Nun's behavior, worst underage, actually she is a heiress of a fortune having his uncle Gerald Wavely (John Williams) as tutor until she got at adulthood in few days, since then Lambert becomes a target of countless attempts of death, the sugary girl joins Lambert at Brussels, Antwerp in order to reach at Sweden, in between many kitsch songs coming along, just two are really fine on Blue style, all remainder were throwaway, who saves the picture were two hampered stooges diamond's smuggles, further no hot crazy girls hanging Elvis's neck or something, his partner was miscast to the role, she hadn't any sexual apealling as well, well at last Elvis is hooked by a Nun, sorry I mean by the dull skeany Jill Conway, certainly Elvis deserves much more!!! Resume: First watch: 2020 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 5.75

I do not know if other copies are as bad as mine, but My copy of this move has areas in it that the sound is not in sync with the film, it is very obvious that the film broke multiple times and jumped sprocket even more. I was very unhappy with it, as it really detracted from the quality. I would like to know if others have had this trouble, my copy is a Warner Brothers logo ISBN 0-7907-4555-0, UPC 012569514126. Other than that, I felt that this was a typical Elvis movie, Annette Day is certainly cute, but I have never seen an Elvis movie that did not have beautiful women in it. The thought of the King driving a Volkswagen Bug is hilarious, but having the sync problems is a true shame.

This was actually a decent movie but not great. It was a step up from the movies that he had been recently doing.Elvis plays Guy Lambert touring Europe, which Elvis wanted to do in real life. Unfortunately Guy gets mixed up in a scandal, and he and his love interest are running for their lives. The only part that I didn't like was Elvis sining "Old MacDonald."

Guy Lambert (Elvis Presley) is the leader of a small combo touring Europe. In London, a wealthy heiress falls in love with the singer. Annette Day plays Jill Conway who is sent away to Belgium to keep her away from Lambert and finding out her uncle (John Williams) is trying to steal her inheritance. Guess who ends up singing in Belgium? More trouble arises when Lambert is suspected of jewel smuggling. Nine songs try to save this movie. The better tunes are "Baby, If You Give Me All Your Love", "City By Night" and "Long Legged Girl". Elvis looks puffy and his leading lady is the least attractive of all his movie co-stars.

We've seen Elvis as the racecar driver, millionare texan, boxer (kid galahad), convict, hillbilly (kissin' cousins), dumb hilbilly again (follow that dream) Now we see the Tourist Elvis singing his way through England (although it's really Belgium, I'm told.) Elvis is actually at his best when he is glib and cynical. In those instances his acting is really quite good in a comical way. Sort of like the wisecracking Jim Rockford of Rockford Files. When he tries to get serious, in most of his films, he appears wooden and scripted. This is not a bad Elvis movie, mostly due to the funny antics of the bumbling detectives following him, and Elvis' more relaxed acting style. The fact that he breaks out in a song at the drop of the hat in some of the corniest situations doesn't matter. After all, it is an ELVIS movie. One thing that baffles me is the title. Why DOUBLE trouble? Did I miss something? OK I think i get it.. 2 different women causing him trouble?...