Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981)
19811h 40mDramaMusicTV Movie
Don Johnson stars as Elvis Presley in this made-for-TV true story about The King's love affair with Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), a young beauty pageant contestant who was his live-in girlfriend and traveling companion for the last four years of his life. The story begins with their first meeting and traces their years together when Thompson tried to keep Presley off drugs in the last years of his career.
Cast
Don JohnsonElvis Presley
Stephanie ZimbalistLinda Thompson
Ann DusenberryJeannie LeMay
Rick LenzDavid Briggs
Ann WedgeworthAunt Betty
Richard HerdSanford Thompson
Jay W. MacIntoshMarge Thompson
Ruta LeeSu-Su
Edward EdwardsSam Thompson
John CrawfordVernon Presley
Darrell FettyPete Moore- RRichard WintersteinBobby Farr
Gary Lee DavisRay
John AshtonJake- BBobbi JordanPregnant Woman
- SSusan MullenNurse
- JJohn Christy EwingDoctor
Tony GiorgioMob Figure
Crew
- Director
- Gus Trikonis
- Writers
- Julia Cameron
- Producers
- David GerberCharles B. Fitzsimons
- Cinematography
- Thomas Del Ruth
- Editing
- Fred A. Chulack
Details
- Released
- March 1, 1981
- Language
- English
- Studio
- David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television
- IMDb
- tt0082321