---
title: 'King Creole (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Curtiz'
released: '1958-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/king-creole-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051818/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# King Creole (1958)

1958 · 116 min · Drama, Music, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

King Creole is a 1958 American musical teen drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and based on the 1952 novel A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins. Produced by Hal B. Wallis, the film stars Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart, Dean Jagger, Vic Morrow, Liliane Montevecchi and Paul Stewart, and it follows a 19-year-old (Presley) who gets mixed up with crooks and involved with two women.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Curtiz](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-curtiz)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael V. Gazzo](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-v-gazzo), [Herbert Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-baker)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Walter Scharf](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-scharf)
- **Producer:** [Hal B. Wallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-b-wallis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Russell Harlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-harlan)
- **Editor:** [Warren Low](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-low)

## Cast

- [Liliane Montevecchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/liliane-montevecchi)
- [Dean Jagger](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-jagger)
- [Brian G. Hutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-g-hutton)
- [Walter Matthau](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-matthau)
- [Val Avery](https://cinepixo.com/people/val-avery)
- [Ziva Rodann](https://cinepixo.com/people/ziva-rodann)
- [Dolores Hart](https://cinepixo.com/people/dolores-hart)
- [Ned Glass](https://cinepixo.com/people/ned-glass)
- [Carolyn Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/carolyn-jones)
- [Franklyn Farnum](https://cinepixo.com/people/franklyn-farnum)
- [Raymond Bailey](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-bailey)
- [Lilyan Chauvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lilyan-chauvin)
- [Ric Roman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ric-roman)
- [Paul Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-stewart)
- [Gavin Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/gavin-gordon)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/king-creole-1958
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