Friday, January 19, 2018

SPEEDWAY 1968 (MGM)

Top notch Elvis.

This is a typical Elvis film on so many levels, yet it is quite different as well.

Elvis plays a stock car driver named Steve Grayson who, due to his friends gambling problem and bad bookkeeping is now deeply in debt to the IRS.

An IRS representative, R. W. Hepworth (the great Gale Gordon) sends an agent out to collect the money. Her name is Susan Jacks ( gorgeous Nancy Sinatra).

There are several musical numbers in the film, of course, but the highlight to me is Nancy singing "Your Groovy Self". I love that song, and damn, Nancy is sexier than ever.

Co-stars in Elvis films didn't sing except for Ann-Margret and Nancy Sinatra. I believe it's because both of these women were actress "royalty" so to speak and one has to admit they have the best chemistry with Elvis.

For lighthearted fluff this film is perfect. The music is good and so is the acting. The rest of the cast includes Carl Ballantine, William Schallert, Bill Bixby, Ross Hagen and Richard Petty.

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