Drama ·Music ·TV Movie · United States of America · 1981 · 1h 40m

Elvis and the Beauty Queen

Director

Cast

Don Johnson as Elvis Presley Stephanie Zimbalist as Linda Thompson Ann Dusenberry as Jeannie LeMay Rick Lenz as David Briggs Ann Wedgeworth as Aunt Betty Richard Herd as Sanford Thompson

Crew

Thomas Del Ruth — Director of Photography Fred A. Chulack — Editor Julia Cameron — Writer Charles B. Fitzsimons — Producer Michael Baugh — Production Design

Synopsis

Don Johnson stars as Elvis Presley in this made-for-TV true story about The King's love affair with Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), a young beauty pageant contestant who was his live-in girlfriend and traveling companion for the last four years of his life. The story begins with their first meeting and traces their years together when Thompson tried to keep Presley off drugs in the last years of his career.

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Key Collaborators

Gus Trikonis Director Thomas Del Ruth Director of Photography Fred A. Chulack Editor Julia Cameron Writer Charles B. Fitzsimons Producer Michael Baugh Production Design

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