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Elvis and the Beauty Queen

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Elvis and the Beauty Queen

3.3

1h 40m

1981

Synopsis

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.

Director

Gus Trikonis

DramaMusicTV Movie

biography

Cast & Crew

Don Johnson

Don Johnson

as Elvis Presley

Stephanie Zimbalist

Stephanie Zimbalist

as Linda Thompson

Ann Dusenberry

Ann Dusenberry

as Jeannie LeMay

Rick Lenz

Rick Lenz

as David Briggs

Ann Wedgeworth

Ann Wedgeworth

as Aunt Betty

Richard Herd

Richard Herd

as Sanford Thompson

Jay W. MacIntosh

Jay W. MacIntosh

as Marge Thompson

Ruta Lee

Ruta Lee

as Su-Su

Edward Edwards

Edward Edwards

as Sam Thompson

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