'Frankie and Johnny' is more or less a fictional origin story for the folk song of the same name. Set principly on a river boat some time in the 19th century, Harry Morgan is a song writer and Elvis of course a singer. Presley gets caught in a love quintangle when the compulsive gambler gets advice from a gypsy woman that redheads will bring him luck at the tables. Possibly the worst of Elvis's movies, which are seldom good, everything about this is flat, the story, the acting, the songs. I had just seen the new Elvis bio pic the same day and with that enhanced context, man did I feel bad for the King here. *
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