SYNOPSIS: The Air Force wants to build an ICBM base on top of a mountain in Tennessee, but the land is owned by a hillbilly moonshiner who fires on all Air Force negotiators. So an Air Forceman who was bred and raised in the area is sent to placate the locals.
COMMENT: The first of the Elvis quickies (thank you producer Sam Katzman and Elvis Presley's manager, Tom Parker) but not as bare of interest as some of the later ones. Elvis has two roles but only occasionally are special effects employed. Mostly the other Elvis is a very blatant double. In fact the double is even used in one scene where he is not required for duplication at all! A typical quickie stratagem. But any film that gives a solo song to Glenda Farrell can't be all bad. And there are the usual generous quota of girls, girls, girls (even if their costumes are neither as "skimpy" or attractive as the on- screen characters suppose). In fact the songs themselves (including a blatant rip-off of "Across the Wide Missouri") are a fairly tuneful lot and Elvis is in good vocal form with his usual excellent backing. Just as well it's so packed with songs, as the script is mindless farce, (over-acted and pedestrianly directed). Thank you, L'il Abner.
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