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King Creole

King Creole

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 2, 1958

Runtime

1h 56m

Genres

Drama, Music, Crime

User Score

64%

Original Title

King Creole

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures, Hal Wallis Productions

Director

Michael Curtiz

Description

Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at his night club The Blue Shade. Danny refuses, but Fields won't take no for an answer.