Speedway

1968
0
1 Std. 34 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,5/10

2812

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Elvis Presley and Nancy Sinatra in Speedway (1968)

trailer wiedergeben2:40

1 Video

65 Fotos

Classic Musical Romantic Comedy Comedy Musical Romance

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuPoor bookkeeping saddles stock-car driver Steve Grayson with a huge bill for back taxes which hampers his ability to continue racing competitively.Poor bookkeeping saddles stock-car driver Steve Grayson with a huge bill for back taxes which hampers his ability to continue racing competitively.Poor bookkeeping saddles stock-car driver Steve Grayson with a huge bill for back taxes which hampers his ability to continue racing competitively.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,5/10

2812

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Wissenswertes
Nancy Sinatra sings the song "Your Groovy Self" in this movie. The song was also included in the soundtrack LP, making it the first and only song by another artist to be released on an official Elvis Presley record.

Patzer
In all the scenes at the hangout, there is a band playing, yet none of the times are any of the guitars plugged in.

Zitate
Kenny Donford: [Referring to Steve] If I were a girl, I would let the measles in my apartment before I let him in.

Alternative Versionen
Some Southeast Asian prints of this film include three songs that were cut from the American print: "Western Union", "Five Sleepy Heads", and "Suppose."

Verbindungen
Edited into Elvis (2022)

Soundtracks
Speedway
(uncredited)
Written by Mel Glazer & Stephen Schlaks
Performed by Elvis Presley

Benutzerrezensionen40

Rezension

Ausgewählte Rezension

5/10

Another predictable formula quickie

Most of the movies Elvis made for director Norman Taurog of MGM from '65-'68 have little to recommend them and this is a prime example / offender.

Elvis plays a NASCAR driver with unpaid taxes and Nancy Sinatra is his IRS watchdog / love interest. There is a big race coming up. No points for guessing the rest. Yawn. There is a decent song and dance number set in the waiting room at the IRS building (really!!) and some very good racing action. NASCAR stars such as Buddy Baker and Richard Petty did the driving and it looks very real, at least until we see Elvis in close up in front of an obvious rear projection screen. Man, I hate those things.

Elvis and Nancy have about 5% of the on-screen chemistry Elvis and Ann- Margret had in Viva Las Vegas and the songs are about 5% as good. Watch that one instead. It's even about racing, too, but road racing rather than NASCAR, so I guess this one is supposed to be different... Not awful, really, but about as formulaic, derivative and forgettable as Elvis' movie output ever got.