--- title: 'Jailhouse Rock (1957)' type: 'film' director: 'Richard Thorpe' released: '1957-01-01' runtime_minutes: 96 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Music' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/jailhouse-rock-1957' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050556/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Jailhouse Rock (1957) 1957 · 96 min · Drama, Music, Romance · United States ## Synopsis Jailhouse Rock is a 1957 American musical drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Elvis Presley. Adapted by Guy Trosper from a story written by Nedrick Young, the film tells the story of Vince Everett (Presley), a convict who learns the guitar while in prison and becomes a star following his release. Four of the film's songs were written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller including the title track, which became a highly-praised production number in the film as well as one of Presley's biggest hit singles, spending seven weeks at number one on the U.S. charts. ## Credits - **Director:** [Richard Thorpe](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-thorpe) - **Screenplay:** [Guy Trosper](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-trosper) - **Original Music Composer:** [Jeff Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-alexander) - **Producer:** [Pandro S. Berman](https://cinepixo.com/people/pandro-s-berman) - **Director of Photography:** [Ralph E. Winters](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-e-winters) - **Editor:** [Ralph E. Winters](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-e-winters) ## Cast - [Judy Tyler](https://cinepixo.com/people/judy-tyler) - [Mickey Shaughnessy](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-shaughnessy) - [Elvis Presley](https://cinepixo.com/people/elvis-presley) - [Dean Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-jones) - [Vaughn Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaughn-taylor) - [Hugh Sanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-sanders) - [Grandon Rhodes](https://cinepixo.com/people/grandon-rhodes) - [Katherine Warren](https://cinepixo.com/people/katherine-warren) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/jailhouse-rock-1957 Film facts: Wikidata (Q536342); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.