This one was towards the end of elvis' adventure film career. After this, he and the colonel concentrated on the singing tours. A few familiar faces, with nancy sinatra, bill bixby, gale gordon (oohhh... Mrs. Carmichael! ) and of course, bill schallert! For a while, he held the record for the most bit parts and appearances. Elvis is a race car driver. Again. Third time! Who sings in his spare time. And helps a family down on their luck. He gets busted for creative income taxes, at over an hour in. Apparently, he's in trouble with the IRS... needs to raise lots of cash fast! There's a song and dance bit at the income tax office, and we have jumped the shark. I love nancy s, but if that "your groovy self" song goes any slower, we'll need to put it out of its misery. It's already the same melody as boots! Too bad they couldn't come up with something better, since they had her for the film. This one is extra corny. Elvis fans must see it, but it aint no shakespeare. Check out the cast list for some actual car racers. Norman taurog had directed nine films with elvis, and only made one more after this. Taurog's one oscar was back in 1931 for skippy. Sadly, bixby died young at 59 of cancer, but had two hugely successful series, courtship and the hulk!
