Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981)
Directed by Gus Trikonis
1h 40m
Drama
| Music
| TV Movie
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.
Cast
Don Johnson
Elvis Presley
Stephanie Zimbalist
Linda Thompson
Ann Dusenberry
Jeannie LeMay
Rick Lenz
David Briggs
Ann Wedgeworth
Aunt Betty
Richard Herd
Sanford Thompson
Jay W. MacIntosh
Marge Thompson
Ruta Lee
Su-Su
Edward Edwards
Sam Thompson
Crew
Gus Trikonis
Director
Julia Cameron
Writer
David Gerber
Executive Producer
Allyn Ferguson
Music
Thomas Del Ruth
Director of Photography
Fred A. Chulack
Editor
Michael Baugh
Production Design
Raphael Bretton
Set Decoration
Charles DeMuth
Costumer
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