Taglines: Skindiving for treasure, adventure and fun!
Easy Come, Easy Go movie storyline. Just before his discharge from the Navy, frogman Ted Jackson discovers what appears to be a treasure chest in the hull of a sunken brigantine off the California coast. Intrigued by the prospect of sudden wealth, he enlists the aid of his former partner, trumpet player Judd Whitman. Judd agrees to help on condition that should the salvage attempt fail, Ted will return to singing at the Easy-Go-Go discotheque.
Once discharged, Ted gets the necessary equipment from Captain Jack, a nautical authority terrified of water, and also obtains the reluctant consent of Jo Symington, whose grandfather owned the sunken ship. Trouble begins when Dina Bishop, a wealthy playgirl, and her friend Gil decide to compete with Ted in diving for the treasure. Following several clashes between Ted and Gil, the two men have a decisive underwater fight, which ends in a victory for Ted. The treasure chest, however, contains copper, not gold, valued at about $4,000. After giving the proceeds to Jo (for use as a down payment on an art center she plans to start for her painter friends), Ted resumes his musical career and his romantic pursuit of Jo.
Easy Come, Easy Go is a 1967 American musical-comedy film starring Elvis Presley. Hal Wallis produced the film for Paramount Pictures, and it was Wallis’ final production with Presley. The film co-starred Dodie Marshall, Pat Harrington, Jr., Pat Priest, Elsa Lanchester, and Frank McHugh. (It was McHugh’s last feature film.) The movie reached #50 on the Variety magazine national box office list in 1967. Easy Come, Easy Go, Presley’s twenty-third film, was released on March 22, a mere two weeks before his twenty-fourth, Double Trouble, released on April 5. However, Double Trouble was filmed before Easy Come, Easy Go.
Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)
Directed by: John Rich
Starring: Elvis Presley, Dodie Marshall, Pat Priest, Pat Harrington Jr., Skip Ward, Sandy Kenyon, Frank McHugh, Read Morgan, Mickey Elley, Mickey Elley, Shari Nims, Robert Isenberg, Elsa Lanchester, Jonathan Hole
Screenplay by: Allan Weiss, Anthony Lawrence
Cinematography by: William Margulies
Film Editing by: Archie Marshek
Costume Design by: Edith Head
Set Decoration by: Robert R. Benton, Arthur Krams
Art Direction by: Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler
Music by: Joseph J. Lilley
MPAA Rating: PG for mild thematic elements.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: March 22, 1967
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