Elvis and the Beauty Queen
Elvis and the Beauty Queen | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Julia Cameron |
Directed by | Gus Trikonis |
Starring |
Don Johnson Stephanie Zimbalist Ann Dusenberry Rick Lenz |
Music by | Allyn Ferguson |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | David Gerber |
Producer(s) |
Charles B. Fitzsimmons Jack N. Reddish (associate producer) |
Production location(s) | Los Angeles |
Cinematography | Thomas Del Ruth |
Editor(s) | Fred A. Chulack |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Columbia Pictures Television David Gerber Productions |
Distributor | NBC |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release |
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Elvis and the Beauty Queen is a 1981 American made-for-television drama film starring Don Johnson and Stephanie Zimbalist.[1] It aired on NBC on March 1, 1981 at 9pm.[1]
Plot
Don Johnson stars as Elvis Presley in this made-for-TV true story about The King's love affair with Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), a young beauty pageant contestant who was his live-in girlfriend and traveling companion for four of the last five years of his life.[1] The story begins with their first meeting and traces their years together when Thompson tried to keep Presley off drugs in the last years of his career.[2]
Cast
- Stephanie Zimbalist as Linda Thompson
- Don Johnson as Elvis Presley
- Ann Dusenberry as Jeannie
- Rick Lenz as David Briggs
- Ann Wedgeworth as Aunt Betty
- Jay W. MacIntosh as Mrs. Thompson
- Ruta Lee as Su-Su
- Edward Edwards as Sam Thompson
- John Crawford as Vernon Presley
- Darrell Fetty as Pete Moore
- Richard Winterstein as Bobby Farr
- Gary Lee Davis as Ray
- John Ashton as Jake
- Bobbi Jordan as Pregnant Woman
Production
Seven songs were recorded for the soundtrack in Nashville, Tennessee, with country singer Ronnie McDowell providing the vocals.[1] The band that backed Ronnie McDowell was The Glass Hammer, a Nashville-based band. The Glass Hammer consisted of Joe Meador: Guitar, Don Lee: Lead Guitar, Bill Conn: Keyboards and Horns, Larry Leath: Bass, and Rick Judkins: Drums.