Frankie and Johnny

 

Frankie and Johnny is a 1966 musical film starring Elvis Presley as a riverboat gambler. The role of "Frankie" was played by Donna Douglas from The Beverly Hillbillies TV series. The film reached #40 on the Variety weekly national box office list for 1966. The budget of the film was estimated at $4.5 million. The director was Frederick De Cordova, who was the director and producer of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson beginning in 1970.

                                    

FRANKIE & JOHNNY (1966)

 

DONNA DOUGLAS: SEPTEMBER 23, 1933 - (Frankie)

HARRY MORGAN: APRIL 10, 1915- (Cully)

SUE ANE LANGDON: MARCH 8, 1936 - (Mitzi)

NANCY KOVAK: MARCH 11, 1935- (Nellie Bly)

AUDREY CHRISTIE: JUNE 27, 1912 - DECEMBER 19, 1989 (Peg)

ROBERT STRAUSS: NOVEMBER 8, 1913-FEBRUARY 20, 1975(Blackie)

ANTHONY EISLEY: JANUARY 19, 1925 - JANUARY 20, 2003(Clint Braden)

JOYCE JAMESON: SEPTEMBER 26, 1932-JANUARY 16, 1987(Abigail)

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