Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at his night club The Blue Shade. Danny refuses, but Fields won't take no for an answer.
Elvis Presley
as Danny Fisher
Carolyn Jones
as Ronnie
Walter Matthau
as Maxie Fields
Dolores Hart
as Nellie
Dean Jagger
as Mr. Fisher
Liliane Montevecchi
as Forty Nina
Vic Morrow
as Shark
Paul Stewart
as Charlie LeGrand
Jan Shepard
as Mimi Fisher
Brian G. Hutton
as Sal (as Brian Hutton)
Jack Grinnage
as Dummy
Dick Winslow
as Eddie Burton