Roustabout (1964)
Charlie Rogers (Elvis Presley) is a leather-jacketed biker who's fired from a singing engagement after getting into a fight with a group of college toughs. While riding his cycle to the next gig, an irate dad runs him off the road when he flirts with his daughter. He's forced to hook up with a travelling carnival until his bike can be fixed. The carnival is run by a tough old broad, a broken-down drunk, and his nubile daughter. Along the way, Charlie (who's got a chip on his shoulder about being an orphan) somehow learns about family values from this vaguely dysfunctional one. A scheming rival carny shows up, based on the legend of Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's real-life manager.
Elvis Presley as a Roving, Restless, Reckless, ROUSTABOUT
Charlie Rogers: I'll be back in ten minute with a football hero's lament 'I left my knee at USC'.
Potrero Valley, Thousand Oaks, California, USA
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
(Studio)
In the closing scene, Elvis Presley lifts a child into the arms of "The Strongman" portrayed by Richard Kiel ("Jaws" of James Bond fame).
Elvis Presley did his own stunts.
Raquel Welch makes an early appearance as one of the college kids at the Tea House.
Elvis begged the director, Hal Wallis, to let him do his own flight scene stunt, citing his black belt in karate. Reluctantly, the director agreed and what resulted was Elvis getting severely clipped in the head and needing 4-5 stitches on his forehead. Luckily, the script calls for Elvis to get in a motorcycle accident later in the film, so the director put a Band-Aid on his forehead and worked it into the script.
According to a fan magazine of the era, Mae West refused the role of the older carnival owner (ultimately played by Barbara Stanwyck) when the studio refused to re-write the script so she would appear as one of Elvis Presley's love interests.
Continuity
When Joe runs Charlie off the road, Charlie's motorcycle comes to rest immediately after breaking through the fence. However, when Maggie and Cathy go to check on him, the motorcycle is in the middle of the field.
Factual errors
Several new vehicles in the film, including police cars, display California dealer license plates.
Miscellaneous
For one song, Charlie is lit with a spotlight obviously mounted above even though the scene is supposed to be in a carnival tent.
Audio/visual unsynchronized
When Freddy takes Charlie's challenge to hit the target twice in a row at the dunk tank Freddy disputes the first throw so they start again. On the first throw of the re-start you hear the sound of a hit and the girl is dunked but you can see that the ball never really hits the target.