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Love Me Tender

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Love Me Tender
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NR,1hr 29min
Genres:
Western,Musical,Drama
Released:
January 1, 1956
Director:
Robert D. Webb
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Starring:
Richard Egan, Debra Paget, Elvis Presley  ...more
Synopsis: Elvis Presley made his motion picture debut in the Civil War drama Love Me Tender. Elvis, however, is not the star of the proceedings: that honor goes jointly to Richard Egan and Debra Paget. The story concerns three brothers--Egan, William Campbell and James Drury--who steal a Union payroll on behalf of the Confederacy, only to discover that the war is over and that they're now technically outlaws. Rather than return the money, the brothers divvy it up amongst themselves. Upon returning home, Egan ... Full Synopsis
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Hans J. Wollstein, AMG Review
It would take an enterprising brain to grab the hip-swivelling, rock 'n rolling Elvis Presley more or less straight from the Ed Sullivan show and dump him smack into a Civil War melodrama -- complete with screaming, albeit period-clad, teenage girls. But that is exactly what veteran scribe Maurice Geraghty set out to do in Love Me Tender and without apparently giving it a second thought. The results ... Full Review
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Richard Egan
Vance Reno
Debra Paget
Cathy Reno
Elvis Presley
Clint Reno
Robert Middleton
Mr. Siringo
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This portrait of Elvis Presley was shot to promote his big-screen debut in 20th Century-Fox's "Love...
Elvis Presley, left, and Debra Paget in "Love Me Tender" (Doc Pele/Stills/Retna Ltd.)
Elvis Presley, left, and Debra Paget in "Love Me Tender" (1956) (TO/Sunshine/Retna Ltd.) Read "The...
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