Girl Happy 1965  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Boris Sagal
Cast: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Harold J. Stone, Gary Crosby, Joby Baker, Mary Ann Mobley, Jackie Coogan, Chris Noel, Nita Talbot, John Fiedler, Fabrizio Mioni, Jimmy Hawkins
Rusty Wells (Elvis Presley) leads a rock 'n' roll group that works for Chicago crime boss Big Frank (Harold Stone) who sends them to work in a Fort Lauderdale nightclub entertaining college students during Spring Break. Big Frank's reason for sending them to Florida is so that Rusty will watch over his daughter Valerie (Shelley Fabares) who is vacationing there. Rusty and Valerie fall in love, but Valerie drops him when she learns of her father's involvement. Then, Valerie gets involved with an Italian playboy (Fabrizio Mioni), goes on a drunken spree, and ends up in jail. But, by story's end, Rusty and Valerie are happily reunited. Songs include "Girl Happy," "Cross My Heart and Hope to Die," "Spring Fever, and "Startin' Tonight."
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Soldier in the Rain 1963 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Jackie Gleason, Steve McQueen, Tuesday Weld, Tony Bill, Ed Nelson, Adam West, Tom Poston, John Hubbard, Chris Noel, Rockne Tarkington
This comedy/drama is entertaining as Master Sergeant Maxwell Slaughter (Jackie Gleason) and one of his men, Supply Sergeant Eustace Clay (Steve McQueen), make great plans for hitting it big when they return to civilian life. Blake Edwards provided the screen writing.
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| 1. Girl Happy (1965)
2. The Glory Stompers (1967)
3. Soldier in the Rain (1963)
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