Tickle Me (1965)
June 30, 1965Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Elvis Presley
Lonnie Beale / Panhandle Kid
Julie Adams
Vera Radford
Jocelyn Lane
Pam Meritt
Jack Mullaney
Stanley Potter
Merry Anders
Estelle Penfield
Bill Williams
Deputy Sturdivant
Edward Faulkner
Brad Bentley
Connie Gilchrist
Hilda
Barbara Werle
Barbara
John Dennis
Shep Adolph
Grady Sutton
Mr. Dabney
Allison Hayes
Mabel
Ines Pedroza
Ophelia
Lilyan Chauvin
Ronnie
Angela Greene
Donna
Eve Bruce
Pat (uncredited)
Richard Reeves
Jim (uncredited)
Red West
Mabel's Boyfriend (uncredited)
Francine York
Mildred (uncredited)
Louie Elias
Jerry (uncredited)
Norman Taurog
Director
Curtis Mick
Assistant Production Manager
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor
Arthur Jacobson
Assistant Director
Robert Goodstein
Unit Production Manager
David Winters
Choreographer
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Walter Scharf
Conductor / Original Music Composer
Frank Caffey
Production Manager
Marvin Weldon
Script Supervisor
Tom Parker
Technical Advisor
Hugo Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Michael A. Hoey
Dialogue Coach
Edward Bernds
Writer
Elwood Ullman
Writer
Paul K. Lerpae
Visual Effects
Ben Schwalb
Producer
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Loyal Griggs
Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 30, 1965
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Content RatingNR
Budget$1,500,000
Box Office$5,000,000
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Tickle Me is a 1965 American musical comedy western film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Elvis Presley as a champion rodeo bull rider and bronco buster.
Presley won a 1966 Golden Laurel Award as best male actor in a musical film for his role. It is the only Presley film released by Allied Artists Pictures, and it saved the studio from financial collapse and bankruptcy. The film made $5 million at the box office.
For the first and only time in a Presley film, the soundtrack had no new material, utilizing album cuts dating back as early as 1960. Some of these tracks were overdubbed for the film. In one case, a different take was used ("I Feel That I've Known You Forever", featuring what appears to be a vocal done on the soundstage). In another case, a song was presented without the harmony vocal and narration of the original release ("I'm Yours"). The cost-cutting experiment of recycling older recordings would not be repeated by Presley. However, another song from its recycled soundtrack, "(Such an) Easy Question", peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart in July 1965.
Julie Adams and Jocelyn Lane co-star with Presley. The screenplay was written by Elwood Ullman and Edward Bernds, who had written The Three Stooges film shorts and theatrical films as well as scripts for The Bowery Boys. They brought to the film a sizable quota of slapstick, sight gags and general silliness not found in any other Presley vehicle.