This is without doubt, one of Elvis' finest films, backed up by a great support cast and awesome soundtrack that underlines the singing range "The King" could offer. (Compare Jailhouse Rock to Young and Beautiful.) Similarly to his previous film, Elvis plays a singer on the rise to fame and fortune. This time, Vince Everett, fresh from a 14 month stint in jail where he meets a (unknowingly dated) musician as his cellmate, who also unknowingly gets Everett into the music idea by performing the odd song for fellow inmates and on a TV show containing entertaining prisoners...hey, it's an Elvis flick, just go with it! On his release from prison, Everett meets attractive 1950's Simon Cowell Judy Tyler - a music mogul - who helps get him started in the industry, including movies. A thoroughly enjoyable flick, regardless of whether you're an Elvis fan or not. The King looks fantastic, there's a memorable Elvis movie scene where after angering Tyler by kissing her against her will she hits out at his underhand "tactics." "Those ain't tactics, honey...it's just the beast in me." Tragically, leading lady Judy Tyler was killed in a car crash with her husband just days before Jailhouse Rock opened in Cinemas.
Review of Jailhouse Rock
