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G.I. Blues

Name: G.I. Blues
Genre: Music, Comedy, Romance
Released: 1960-11-23
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 6.487

★ 6,5 /10 (79 Votes)

1960 EN 104 min

Overview

Stationed in West Germany, soldier Tulsa McLean hopes to open a nightclub once he's discharged. Although he may lack the capital for such a venture, a chance to raise the cash comes his way through a friendly wager. Local dancer Lili is a notorious ice queen, and Tulsa bets everything he has that a friend of his can earn her affections. But when the friend is dispatched to Alaska, it's up to Tulsa to melt Lili's heart.

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Release date

23/11/1960

Votes

Popularity

2.6

Elvis scores... a singing triumph... and a romantic hit!

Genres

Music Comedy Romance

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

104 min

Revenue

$8,600,000

Elvis Presley

Tulsa McLean

Juliet Prowse

Lili

Robert Ivers

James Douglas

Rick

Letícia Román

Tina

Sigrid Maier

Marla

Arch Johnson

Sgt. McGraw

Mickey Knox

Jeeter

John Hudson

Capt. Hobart

Kenneth Becker

Mac

Jeremy Slate

Turk

Beach Dickerson

Warren

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Trent Dolan

Mickey

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Carl Crow

Walt

Fred Essler

Papa Mueller

Ron Starr

Harvey

Erika Peters

Trudy

Ludwig Stössel

Owner of Puppet Show

Leoda Richards

Cafe Europa patron (uncredited)

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Edit Angold

Mrs. Hagerman (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Cafe Europa patron (uncredited)

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Richard Cowl

Musician (uncredited)

Britt Ekland

Britta - Redhead (uncredited)

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Joe Gray

Soldier (uncredited)

Marianne Gaba

Bargirl (uncredited)

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Edson Stroll

Sgt 'Dynamite' Bixby (uncredited)

Scotty Moore

Musician (uncredited)

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Fred Kruger

Herr Klugmann (uncredited)

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Robert Boon

German Guitarist (uncredited)

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_**Elvis as a G.I. stationed in Germany trying to score with a hot German nightclub dancer**_ An American tank specialist serving in Deutschland (Presley) dreams of running his own nightclub and bets that he can win the favor of a hard-to-get German performer with legs from here to Frankfurt (Juliet Prowse). Robert Ivers is on hand as the protagonist’s soldier pal. “G.I. Blues” (1960) was Elvis’ 5th movie of the 31 in his acting filmography. The highlights here are the German locations, the tank action and Juliet Prowse, especially her two sizzling dance routines. Letícia Román (Tina)…

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I'm not sure too many other G.I.s in Germany after the war looked quite so pristine as "Tulsa" (Elvis Presley) and his squad as they bet that "Dynamite" (Edson Stroll) can't get a date with the lithe local dancer "Lili" (Juliet Prowse) who has a bit of a reputation rejecting the amorous advances of soldiers. If they win, well there ought to be enough cash for "Tulsa" to go home and own his own nightclub. Thing is though, about five minutes after the bet his pal is posted to Alaska and so he must try to fulfil the wager himself! Initially she's not remotely interested, but yes... it is all that…

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