It's 'Arabian Nights a Go-Go' when a cocky, crooning movie star tours the Middle East and gets mixed up in an assassination attempt (don't worry--the flick is a piece of fluff, not "The Manchurian Candidate"). Elvis Presley, his lacquered black hair so shiny it often appears to be a plastic prop, looks great sporting a turban à la Valentino in "The Sheik", but his usual stony expressions for once cannot belie his embarrassment. Song selection (including "Go East Young Man", "Shake That Tambourine", and "Golden Coins") features no hits, making this one of Presley's weakest musicals. The comedy doesn't take off either, with the cramped studios of MGM substituting for the Land of the Sands. Released abroad as "Harem Holiday", and strictly for die-hards. * from ****
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