King Creole

King Creole

A STORY PULSING WITH THE HEARTBEAT OF TODAY'S YOUTH!

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Release Date

7/2/1958

Runtime

116 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A noir-inflected musical about a gifted young singer drawn between artistic dreams and the seductive pressure of organized crime. The film pulses with period style and moral urgency, watching a talented kid's integrity tested by forces he can't easily refuse.

Mood

TenseDefiantRomantic

Themes

Coming of ageCrimeAmbitionRedemption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

Black and whiteHigh-contrastNaturalistic

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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