| Roustabout | |
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| Directed by | John Rich |
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| Story by | Allan Weiss |
| Produced by | Hal B. Wallis |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
| Edited by | |
| Music by | Joseph J. Lilley |
Production company | Hal Wallis Productions |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3,300,000 (US/ Canada rentals)[2] |
Roustabout is a 1964 American musical feature film starring Elvis Presley as a singer who takes a job working with a struggling carnival. The film was produced by Hal Wallis and directed by John Rich from a screenplay by Anthony Lawrence and Allan Weiss. The screenplay was nominated for a Writers Guild of America award for best written American musical although Roustabout received a lukewarm review in Variety.[3] The film's soundtrack album was one of Elvis Presley's most successful, reaching no. 1 on the Billboard Album Chart.[4] It was filmed in Techniscope at Paramount Studios, with carnival sequences shot in Thousand Oaks, California. Filming began in March 1964.[5][6]
- ^ "Roustabout - Details". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- ^ This figure consists of anticipated rentals accruing distributors in North America. See "Big Rental Pictures of 1965", Variety, 5 January 1966 p 6
- ^ Adam Victor. The Elvis Encyclopedia. Overlook, 2008.
- ^ Billboard Magazine.
- ^ Cotten, Lee (1987). The Elvis catalog: memorabilia, icons, and collectibles celebrating the king of rock 'n' roll. Doubleday. Page 115. ISBN 9780385237055.
- ^ DeNight, Bill and Sharon Fox (2003). Elvis: Commemorative Edition. Publications International, Limited. Page 186. ISBN 9780785348900.