TV Guide: Frankie And Johnny

Video: Frankie And Johnny - (Original Trailer)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:57:57 -0400

Elvis Presley and Donna Douglas (The Beverly Hillbillies) are Frankie And Johnny (1966) in a musical comedy based on the famous ballad.

Video: Frankie And Johnny

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:22:42 -0400

Terrence McNally's stage play {-Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune} was a two-character piece, which starred Kathy Bates and F. Murray Abraham on Broadway. Garry Marshall's film version of the McNally play streamlines the title to Frankie and Johnny, expands the dramatis personae to include at least a dozen fascinating characters, and glamorizes the decidedly unglamorous Frankie and Johnny in the forms of Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino (their first co-starring stint since Scarface). Purists carped at the changes, but overall the film is likeable enough to transcend these carps. While serving an 18-month sentence on a forgery charge, Johnny (Al Pacino) discovers the joys of cooking and classical literature. Upon his release, he is hired by gruff but good-hearted New York diner owner Nick (played by Garry Marshall regular Hector Elizondo). Also working for Nick is a waitress named Frankie (Michelle Pfeiffer). When Johnny expresses interest in Frankie, she keeps him at arm's length, her mistrust of men ste

Video: Frankie And Johnny

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:28:54 -0400

Not a remake of the 1934 Helen Morgan vehicle of the same title, Frankie and Johnny stars Elvis Presley as Johnny, a Mississippi gambler, and Beverly Hillbillies regular Donna Douglas as his girl friend Frankie. In keeping with the old ballad, the romance of Frankie and Johnny is threatened by the intervention of seductress Nellie Bly (Nancy Kovack). Nellie brings Johnny luck at the gaming tables while Frankie sees red. Frankie and Johnny was written by onetime Marx Brothers contributor Nat Perrin and directed by future Tonight Show helmsman Fred de Cordova. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.