A riverboat singer with a weakness for gambling wants to find his lucky redhead, but his girlfriend Frankie is not amused.A riverboat singer with a weakness for gambling wants to find his lucky redhead, but his girlfriend Frankie is not amused.A riverboat singer with a weakness for gambling wants to find his lucky redhead, but his girlfriend Frankie is not amused.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Bum Sleeping on Bench
- (uncredited)
- Casino Girl
- (uncredited)
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
- Earl Barton Dancer
- (uncredited)
- Gypsy
- (uncredited)
- Gypsy
- (uncredited)
- Joe Wilbur
- (uncredited)
- Dancer
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAnn-Margret (Elvis' co-star in 'Viva Las Vegas') was in discussion to play the part of Nellie, as she owed Edward Small a film under her contract with him.
- GoofsWhen Blackie puts the live round in the stage gun, it's a Colt single action. After Frankie shoots Johnny, the pistol is now a Colt double-action revolver that wasn't even introduced until years after the movie was supposed to be set.
- Quotes
Princess Zolita: The leaves are ready to speak.
Cully: No lemon?
Gypsy: The tea leaves have spoken.
Princess Zolita: If you do not mind, I work alone!
Cully: What do they spell, Mother?
Princess Zolita: How lucky you are, the wheel of fortune has stopped at your number.
Johnny: A wheel? That's roulette.
Princess Zolita: And I see a dice table, too.
Cully: No blackjack? This boy plays all games.
Princess Zolita: And a new woman is coming into your life. A beautiful, young redhead.
Johnny: It can't be a redhead, Princess. My girl's a blonde. Take another look.
Princess Zolita: Now I see a blonde. Oh, but she has been bad luck for you. The tea leaves say... you will have good luck with the redhead.
Cully: I know better, I married one. Take the advice of a 20-year loser, no redheads.
Princess Zolita: He must not defy the tea leaves.
Cully: How are you going to explain her to Frankie?
Johnny: Why explain? We'll just use her to make a bundle.
Cully: You're going to pass off a beautiful redhead as a good-luck piece? Good luck.
Gypsy: If, uh, if I may be so crude.
Johnny: Oh, sure.
[Johnny hands a $10 bill to the princess]
Gypsy: If you please. The princess never soils her royal hands with money. $10? When the tea leaves promise a beautiful redhead, it is $20.
Cully: A lot of money for a cup of tea. That's a gypsy for you. Takes all your dough so you can't take her advice.
Princess Zolita: Minor problems like that I cannot solve.
Cully: Maybe you can get another advance from Braden.
Johnny: Not a chance. I'm already in for five weeks' salary.
Cully: That you lost right back into his pocket. Braden's got a nice little thing going there.
- Alternate versionsThe 1982 variant of the United Artists logo appeared in the 1980s VHS prints while post-1996 VHS prints contain the 1994 variant.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Elvis in the Movies (1990)
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- Budget
- $4,500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes