Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

Python Hyena Jailhouse Rock (1957): Dir: Richard Thorpe / Cast: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy, Dean Jones, Jennifer Holden: Surprisingly engaging and entertaining musical about hard truths. It stars Elvis Presley as Vince Everett who goes to jail when he accidentally kills someone in a bar fight. In prison he meets Hunk Houghton, a country singer who knows the goings on in the t and allows Everett in on a singing act put on in prison that is airs on TV. When he gets out he encounters Peggy Van Alden, a music promoter who struggles to help Everett get his music out there. When things begin to look up it goes to Everett's head and it divides him from those important to him. Big highlight is the Jailhouse Rock number where Presley stages the familiar energetic tune. Judy Tyler plays Peggy who struggles to balance Everett's career demands with his rapidly declining attitude. Mickey Shaughnessy plays Hunk who allowed Everett to engage his talent in prison before expanding it upon release. Unfortunately Hunk is mistreated and neglected by Everett when he gets out and hopes for favors returned. Dean Jones is seen briefly as a disc jockey who first plays Everett's single and then shows interest in Peggy. Jennifer Holden plays a starlet hooked up with Everett for publicity but she lacks enthusiasm for the tabloid charade. It exists to showcase Elvis and one of his biggest and most memorable hits. Score: 9 / 10

classicsoncall It might be one of the King's better movies, maybe even best as some would declare, but he sure comes across as a rude, inconsiderate rebel throughout most of the story. Especially when he's dealing with record producer Peggy Van Alden (Judy Tyler). Today if he said to a woman in a picture that she was 'pretty well stacked' he might get a letter from the NOW folks. Just goes to show you how times have changed.But you can't take away the man's talent. Presley's charismatic, lilting voice comes through on ballads like 'One More Day' and 'You're So Young and Beautiful', and when it comes to the title song, Elvis really belts it out in a well choreographed production number. Man, if you watch him closely as he gyrates his lower body, you have to wonder how he didn't hurt himself.What struck me about the Hunk Houghton (Mickey Shaughnessy) character was how much he might have been based on Presley's manager Colonel Tom Parker in real life. When Hunk wrote up the jail house contract for Vince, he was looking for fifty percent of his earnings. I don't think the Colonel ever took that much, but most followers of Elvis know he didn't get a square deal, especially in the choice of movie treatments.You really have to wonder how far Elvis Presley could have taken it if he had the same success in movies as he had on stage. As for his success with women there's certainly no doubt, though I'm sure he never used the same line on Priscilla that he did here with Peggy - "You start the hammer to pounding in my skull". Even coming from The King it sounded goofy.

tilloscfc This is without doubt, one of Elvis' finest films, backed up by a great cast and awesome soundtrack that underlines the singing range "The King" could offer. (Compare Jailhouse Rock to Young and Beautiful.) Similarly to his previous film, Elvis plays a singer on the rise to fame and fortune. This time, Vince Everett, fresh from a 14 month stint in jail where he meets a (unknowingly dated) musician as his cellmate, who also unknowingly gets Everett into the music idea by performing the odd song for fellow inmates and on a TV show containing entertaining prisoners...hey, it's an Elvis flick, just go with it! On his release from prison, Everett meets attractive 1950's Simon Cowell Judy Tyler - a music mogul - who helps get him started in the industry, including movies. A thoroughly enjoyable flick, regardless of whether you're an Elvis fan or not. The King looks fantastic, there's a memorable Elvis movie scene where after angering Tyler by kissing her against her will she hits out at his underhand "tactics." "Those ain't tactics, honey...it's just the beast in me." Tragically, leading lady Judy Tyler was killed in a car crash with her husband just days before Jailhouse Rock opened in Cinemas.

Dominic LeRose Elvis had the charm to make him one of the most popular American celebrities of all time. His music touched the lives of millions, he made girls go crazy, and made every man dream of being him. His time behind the camera is something we should clear our minds from. Elvis plays a bad boy released from jail who then starts singing like crazy in "Jailhouse Rock." Elvis really tanked at singing in this film. His raspy voice and overdone charm is painful to tolerate. The dancing is also weakly choreographed. It looks like Elvis was forced to dance against his original style. For some reason, director Richard Thorpe thought it would be cool to have him play a bad boy with a soft side to him. Obviously we get stuck with a love story that made me gag. The reason I saw this film was that at school we had to watch it in a film class. Out a hundreds of classic films to show the progress of movies throughout time, it ponders me how my teacher showed us this garbage. It's a quick film that we finished in two days, but it is dreadful to listen to every second. It's funny how just because someone is famous they get to be in big movies. Elvis had zero acting talent, but there's a strong chance hundreds of promising gentlemen tried out for this role and didn't get it due to not being famous enough. Elvis may have charmed us in music, but boy o boy is he a horrendous actor who chose worthless movies to star in.