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Bookmark this pageLove Me Tender (1956)
Director: Robert D Webb
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From Time Out Film Guide
Presley's debut film. It's basically a standard Western, about three Confederate brothers who steal a Union payroll and take it back to the family farm when the war is over. This is where Elvis comes in and the Western opts out - he's the younger, fourth brother, who has married the older brother's girl. A feud ensues, Presley gets filled with lead (but not before his pelvis and voice-box have had a workout), and finally reappears as a ghost, reprising the title number over his own grave. From debut to necropolis all in the space of a single movie.Author: ATu
Cast & crew
Director: Robert D Webb
Producer: David Weisbart
Cast: Richard Egan, Debra Paget, Elvis Presley, Robert Middleton, William Campbell, Neville Brand, Mildred Dunnock, Bruce Bennett full cast
Genre(s): Westerns
Duration: 89 mins
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