Cast
- Elvis Presley as Danny Fisher
- Carolyn Jones as Ronnie, Maxie's mistress
- Walter Matthau as Maxie Fields, the local gangster
- Dolores Hart as Nellie, a five-and-dime employee who falls for Danny
- Dean Jagger as Mr. Fisher, Danny's father
- Liliane Montevecchi as Forty Nina, a stripper at the King Creole nightclub
- Vic Morrow as Shark, Maxie's lead thug
- Paul Stewart as Charlie LeGrand, owner of the King Creole
- Jan Shepard as Mimi Fisher, Danny's sister
- Brian G. Hutton as Sal, a member of Shark's gang.
- Jack Grinnage as Dummy, a mute member of Shark's gang.
- Dick Winslow as Eddie Burton
- Raymond Bailey as Mr. Evans, the school principal
- Gavin Gordon as Mr. Primont, drug store manager and Mr. Fisher's overbearing boss
Plot
Nineteen-year-old high school student Danny Fisher works before and after school to support his father and sister Mimi. After Danny's mother died in an accident three years earlier, his grieving father lost his job as a pharmacist and moved his impoverished family to the French Quarter in New Orleans. Danny's family anxiously awaits his graduation from high school, which did not occur the previous year due to Danny having to repeat the school year because of his bad conduct.
At work one morning, Danny rescues Ronnie from her abusive date. After a taxi ride to Danny's high school, Ronnie kisses him. Danny responds to witnessing schoolmates' teasing by kissing Ronnie back and then punching one of them in the face when he makes a teasing remark. Danny is summoned to the principal's office, where Miss Pearson, his teacher, tells Principal Evans that Danny will not graduate again because of his poor attitude. Mr. Evans is sympathetic, but powerless to help, so Danny decides to drop out of school to find work, against the wishes of his father, who tries to convince Danny to stay in school...
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