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Kid Galahad is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Flynn released in USA on 29 november 1962 with Elvis Presley
Kid Galahad (1962)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 29 november 1962
Length 1h35
OriginUSA
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Musical films, Le boxe anglaise
Rating60%
Kid Galahad is a 1962 American musical film starring Elvis Presley as a boxer. It was released by United Artists. The film opened at #9 at the box office when released in the United States in August 1962. Variety ranked it #37 on the list of the top-grossing films of 1962.
Kid Galahad was shot on location in Idyllwild, California. Its supporting cast included Gig Young, Lola Albright and Charles Bronson. Some critics rate it as one of Elvis Presley's best performances.
The film is a remake of the 1937 original version starring Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, and Humphrey Bogart and directed by Michael Curtiz, who also directed the Presley 1958 film King Creole.
Synopsis
Willy Grogan is a small-time boxing promoter based in the Catskills resort region of Cream Valley, New York. He owns the Grogan's Gaelic Gardens inn. He is a contemptible man and is in debt and pays little attention to the woman who loves him, Dolly, a chain-smoking, love-starved woman residing at the camp. Into their midst comes Walter Gulick, a young man recently discharged from the Army who loves the peaceful setting almost as much as he loves working on old cars. Walter's simple goal is to go into business as a mechanic at a nearby garage.Actors
Elvis Presley
(Walter Gulick)
Lola Albright
(Dolly Fletcher)
Gig Young
(Willy Grogan)
Joan Blackman
(Rose Grogan)
Charles Bronson
(Lew Nyack)
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