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Tickle Me: Directed by Norman Taurog. With Elvis Presley, Julie Adams, Jocelyn Lane, Jack Mullaney. A singing rodeo rider gets hired at an expensive all-female dude ranch/beauty spa and falls for a pretty fitness trainer who's under constant threat from a gang who wants her late grandfather's cache of gold that's hidden in a ghost town.
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- Norman Taurog
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
YouTube Movies & TV. 180M subscribers. Subscribed. 684. Elvis Presley stars as a guitar-playing rodeo rider, working at a dude ranch for girls. He attracts all of them except the physical...
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Lonnie Beale, an out-of-work rodeo star with a heart of gold, is trying to make ends meet until the season starts up again. He comes to the fictional Western town of Zuni Wells because a friend said that Lonnie could get a job on a ranch, but the friend cannot be found. Having no other option, Lonnie begins singing in a local club, but he gets fire...
By mid-1964, Allied Artists was a studio in financial trouble. Presley's management knew that Allied head Steve Broidy hoped that the profits from a new Presley vehicle would keep the studio solvent. On the suggestion of Colonel Parker, instead of recording a new soundtrack, previously issued LP tracks were used instead to save costs; this had not ...
Howard Thompson of The New York Times called the film "the silliest, feeblest and dullest vehicle for the Memphis Wonder in a long time. And both Elvis and his sponsors, the time Allied Artists, should know better." Variety noted that the screenplay was "wispy thin" but allowed Presley to "rock over nine numbers from past albums to good effect." Ke...
Presley won a 1966 Golden Laurel Awardfor best male performance in a musical film. This was the only acting award that he received during his film career.
The film was first released in the VHS format in the early 1980s in a limited version from Allied Artists Home Video. The film was released on videocassette by Key Video in February 1985 as part of the release of 11 videos to mark the 50th anniversary of Presley's birth. It was issued again by CBS/Fox Video in 1987 and 1992, and by Warner Home Vide...
Tickle Me at IMDbTickle Me at the TCM Movie DatabaseElvis - The Hollywood Collection (Kissin' Cousins/Girl Happy/Tickle Me/Stay Away, Joe/Live a Little, Love a Little/Charro!) Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback MachineReview by Stuart Galbrai...- Ben Schwalb
- June 3, 1965 (Atlanta)
Mar 6, 2022 · 7. 1.6K views 2 years ago. Scenes and music from Tickle Me, a 1965 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Elvis Presley as a champion rodeo bull rider and bronco...
Apr 1, 2021 · The Songs from Tickle Me (1965) - In HD and Re-edited with RCA/Sony Stereo audio. The Ultimate Elvis Channel by Leon. 9 videos 43,283 views Last updated on Apr 1, 2021. Elvis' 1965 movie,...
Released: Jun. 30, 1965. Watch. Amazon Prime. Apple TV. iTunes. Soundtrack. In Tickle Me, Elvis Presley stars as a guitar-playing rodeo rider working at a dude ranch for women who attracts all of them except the instructor, until he aids her in finding buried gold in a ghost town. Read More.
Synopsis. Rodeo rider Lonnie Beale, a handsome singer, is employed by Vera Radford, proprietress of a dude ranch and beauty spa. Although he is befriended by handyman Stanley Potter, Lonnie arouses the jealousy of swimming instructor Brad Bentley. Despite her suspicion that Lonnie is a fortune hunter, physical education teacher Pam Merritt ...
