It Happened at the World's Fair
“Swinging higher than the space needle with the gals and the songs at the famous Worlds Fair!”
1963•NR•1h 45m•5.8•Released
ComedyMusicRomance
Mike Edwards and Danny Burke fly a cropduster, but due to Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custody of it. Trying to earn money, they hitchhike to the World's Fair in Seattle and, while Danny tries to earn money playing poker, Mike cares for a small girl whose father has disappeared.
Director
Norman Taurog
Writer
Si Rose, Seaman Jacobs
Languages
English
Studio
Ted Richmond Productions
Cast
Elvis Presley
Mike Edwards
Joan O'Brien
Diane Warren
Gary Lockwood
Danny Burke
Vicky Tiu
Sue-Lin
H.M. Wynant
Vince Bradley
Edith Atwater
Miss Steuben
Guy Raymond
Barney Thatcher
Dorothy Green
Miss Ettinger
Kam Tong
Uncle Walter Ling
Yvonne Craig
Dorothy Johnson
Jacqueline deWit
Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
Kurt Russell
Child who kicks Mike at the fair (uncredited)
Olan Soule
Mr. Johnson (uncredited)
Russell Thorson
Sheriff Garland (uncredited)
Red West
Fred (uncredited)
Production
Company
Ted Richmond Productions
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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