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Friday, April 10, 2026

Double Trouble (1967)

Director Norman Taurog
Rating Rating
MPAA PG
Run Time 92 min
Color Color
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Sound Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Producer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country: USA
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Plot Synopsis

A rock singer touring England gets involved with a wealthy teenage heiress in London. Turns out the girl's uncle is trying to steal her money, putting her life in danger, and is also involved in a jewel smuggling operation.

Tagline

Elvis finds love, larceny and fun on the double.

Quotes

Guy Lambert: A friend in need is a pest.

Filming Locations

Damse Vaart-Zuid, Brugge, Sint-Kruis, Flanders, Belgium
(Truck ride, Elvis leaving Bruges)

Beatrijslaan, Antwerpen, Belgium
(Truck ride, Elvis arriving in Antwerp)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Elvis Presley later said about the film: "I wasn't exactly a James Bond in this movie. But then, no one ever asked Sean Connery to sing a song while dodging bullets."

One lucky Elvis Presley fan bought a jacket as a gift to Elvis. Elvis told her to watch the movie carefully when it came out. When the film came out, she saw that the jacket was in the suitcase belonging to Elvis' character.

The first and only film made by Annette Day. Producer Judd Bernard found her while he was with his wife shopping in London and entered an antique shop owned by her parents. He asked her to have lunch with him and talk about a part in a movie. Bernard, Day and Lee Marvin had lunch together in a hotel. Later Bernard went back to Hollywood, and soon Day got a message from him asking her to travel to Hollywood and make a screen test. She got a role in the movie.

The film is set in Europe, but Elvis Presley never filmed outside Culver City, California. Location work in Belgium used body doubles Joe Clauwers for Elvis Presley and Polly Geerts for Annette Day. Elvis never traveled outside the U.S., for either movies or concerts, because his manager, Tom Parker, was actually not an American citizen--he was Dutch and technically was in the country illegally--and was afraid that if he left the U.S. he would not be allowed back in if it was discovered he was an "illegal alien".

Elvis Presley bought a sports car for Annette Day as a gift. She later gave it to her brother.

Errors in geography

In one scene, a Volkswagen runs into a Greyhound bus. The scene takes place in Belgium, but there aren't any Greyhound buses in Belgium.



Character error

In the closing credits Norman Rossington and Chips Rafferty were credited with each other?s roles. Norman Rossington played Archie Brown and Chips Rafferty played Arthur Babcock contrary to what is listed.