---
title: 'Frankie and Johnny (1966)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Fred de Cordova'
released: '1966-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/frankie-and-johnny-1966'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060429/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Frankie and Johnny (1966)

1966 · 87 min · Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Frankie and Johnny is a 1966 American Western musical film starring Elvis Presley as a riverboat gambler. The role of "Frankie" was played by Donna Douglas from The Beverly Hillbillies TV series. The film reached No. 40 on the Variety weekly national box office list for 1966. The budget of the film was estimated at $4.5 million. The director was Frederick De Cordova, who in 1970 went on to become the director and producer of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Elvis Presley](https://cinepixo.com/people/elvis-presley), [Donna Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/donna-douglas), [Harry Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-morgan), [Nat Perrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/nat-perrin)
- **Director:** [Fred de Cordova](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-de-cordova)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Fred Karger](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-karger)
- **Producer:** [Edward Small](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-small)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jacques R. Marquette](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-r-marquette)

## Cast

- [Elvis Presley](https://cinepixo.com/people/elvis-presley)
- [Donna Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/donna-douglas)
- [Harry Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-morgan)
- [Sue Ane Langdon](https://cinepixo.com/people/sue-ane-langdon)
- [Robert Strauss](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-strauss)
- [Henry Corden](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-corden)
- [Jerome Cowan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerome-cowan)
- [Naomi Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/naomi-stevens)
- [Audrey Christie](https://cinepixo.com/people/audrey-christie)
- [Joyce Jameson](https://cinepixo.com/people/joyce-jameson)
- [Nancy Kovack](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-kovack)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/frankie-and-johnny-1966
Film facts: Wikidata (Q498800); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.