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Released
1958 · FILM

King Creole

A STORY PULSING WITH THE HEARTBEAT OF TODAY'S YOUTH!

Directed by
Runtime
116 min
CrimeDramaMusical

Synopsis

Danny Fisher, a young delinquent, fails out of high school and later quits his job as a busboy at a nightclub. One night, he is given the opportunity to perform, and immediate success follows. Local crime boss Maxie Fields takes notice and offers Danny a job to perform at his nightclub, The Blue Shade. Danny refuses the offer, but Fields is determined and will not accept his refusal.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Shot by Russell HarlanScored by Walter Scharf

Also known as

  • Elvis - Mein Leben ist der Rhythmusde
  • Mein Leben ist der Rhythmusde
  • El barrio contra míes
  • Bagarres au King Créolefr
  • La via del maleit

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