Speedway (1968)
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Steve Grayson (Elvis Presley) is a swinging racecar driver whose manager Kenny (Bill Bixby) has bet his money on the horses. Most of the horses didn't win, causing Steve to be visited by IRS agent Susan Jacks (Nancy Sinatra). Gale Gordon plays Hepworth, her stuffy supervisor, and William Shallert has the role of Abel Esterlake, former racecar driver who helps Steve on the track. Steve engages in the stock-car races at the Charlotte Speedway to get back the money to keep him and his manager out of jail. Presley delivers 11 songs, the most notable being "Let Yourself Go." Elvis by now was just playing out the innocuous string of movies that his musically insensitive, cigar-chomping manager Colonel Tom Parker had contracted for him. Soon Elvis would undertake the most successful live comeback by any performer in history and leave these trashy features behind. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 94 mins
Complete Cast:
- Elvis Presley - Steve Grayson
- Bill Bixby - Kenny Donford
- William Schallert - Abel Esterlake
- Ross Hagen - paul Dado
- Poncie Ponce - Juan Medala
- Beverly Hills - Miss Charlotte Speedway 100
- Robert H. Harris - Lloyd Meadows
- Courtney Brown - Carrie
- Patti Jean Keith - Annie
- Carl Reindel - Mike
- Sandy Reed - Race Announcer
- Teri Garr
- Burt Mustin
- Ralph Adano
- Christopher West - Billie Joe
- Nancy Sinatra - Susan Jacks
- Gale Gordon - R.W. Hepworth
- Victoria Meyerink - Ellie Esterlake
- Carl Ballantine - Birdie Kebner
- Harry Hickox - The Cook
- Harper Carter - Ted Simmons
- Michele Newman - Debbie
- Dana Brown - Billie
- Gari Hardy - Dumb Blonde
- Charlotte Considine - Lori
- Richard Petty
- Gary Littlejohn
- Robert James
- Ward Ramsey
- Cale Yarborough
- Director(s):
- Norman Taurog
- Writer(s):
- Phillip Shuken
- Producer(s):
- Douglas Laurence
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