Speedway

1968

Speedway

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Steve Grayson (Elvis Presley) is a swinging racecar driver whose manager Kenny (Bill Bixby) has bet his money on the horses. Most of the horses didn't win, causing Steve to be visited by IRS agent Susan Jacks (Nancy Sinatra). Gale Gordon plays Hepworth, her stuffy supervisor, and William Shallert has the role of Abel Esterlake, former racecar driver who helps Steve on the track. Steve engages in the stock-car races at the Charlotte Speedway to get back the money to keep him and his manager out of jail. Presley delivers 11 songs, the most notable being "Let Yourself Go." Elvis by now was just playing out the innocuous string of movies that his musically insensitive, cigar-chomping manager Colonel Tom Parker had contracted for him. Soon Elvis would undertake the most successful live comeback by any performer in history and leave these trashy features behind.

Cast

Elvis Presley
as Steve Grayson
Nancy Sinatra
as Susan Jacks
Bill Bixby
as Kenny Donford
Gale Gordon
as R.W. Hepworth
William Schallert
as Abel Esterlake
Victoria Paige Meyerink
as Ellie Esterlake
Ross Hagen
as paul Dado
Carl Ballantine
as Birdie Kebner
Poncie Ponce
as Juan Medala
Harry Hickox
as The Cook
Christopher West
as Billie Jo
Beverly Powers
as Mary Ann
Harper Carter
as Ted Simmons
Bob Harris
as Lloyd Meadows
Robert H. Harris
as Lloyd Meadows
Michele Newman
as Debbie Esterlake
Courtney Brown
as Carrie Esterlake
Dana Brown
as Billie Esterlake
Patti Jean Keith
as Annie Esterlake
Carl Reindel
as Mike
Gari Hardy
as Dumb Blonde
Charlotte Considine
as Lori
Sandy Reed
as Race Announcer
Ward Ramsey
as Dado's Crew
Robert James
as Dado's Crew
Teri Garr
Gary Littlejohn
as Dado's Crew
Ralph Adano
as Dado's Crew
Richard Petty
Tom McCauley
as Dado's Crew
Cale Yarborough
Burt Mustin
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  • Music, youth and customs were much changed by Elvis Presley 12 years ago; from the 26 movies he has made since he sang "Heart-break Hotel" you would never guess it.

    May 21, 2005 | Full Review…

    Renata Adler

    New York Times
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  • Speedway is pleasant, kind, polite, sweet and noble, and if the late show viewers of 1988 will not discover from it what American society was like in the summer of 1968, at least they will discover what it was not like.

    May 21, 2005 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

    Roger Ebert

    Chicago Sun-Times
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