Review

  • This film essentially begins with a singing, rodeo cowboy named "Lonnie Beale" (Elvis Presley) stepping off of a bus in Zuni Wells, Arizona where a friend is supposed to meet him. Unfortunately, when his friend fails to show up-and being completely broke-he takes a job singing in a nightclub to make ends meet. It's then that he meets an attractive woman by the name of "Vera Radford" (Julie Adams) who owns a nearby ranch and offers him a job taking care of the horses. Naturally, since this seems more in line with his lifestyle he accepts. However, when he gets there he discovers that this isn't a usual ranch but rather a health club for young women with horseback riding being a part of the curriculum. And even though they are all on a strict diet and physical regimen it soon becomes obvious that food isn't the only thing that interests them. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was an entertaining musical-comedy which incorporated several strange twists and turns along the way. Likewise, having a couple of beautiful actresses like Jocelyn Lane (as "Pam Merritt") along with the aforementioned Julie Adams certainly didn't hurt either. That being said, even though this certainly isn't one of the more popular "Elvis movies" out there I enjoyed it for the most part and for that reason have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.