This story has a bit more going for it than your average elvis film! Most of the time, it was just girl trouble, which always seemed to revolve around the elvis. In this one, "guy" goes on tour in europe and gets caught up in jewel smuggling operation. But first he meets jill (annette day, who was SO much younger than he), who decides she's going to marry him. Even before they have kissed! For most of the movie, she's dressed up as a young school girl, just to make the story even stranger. The usual mix of catchy tunes (long legged girl) and a bunch of forgettable songs. He actually sings old macdonald, at one point. Some familiar faces: jill's uncle is john williams, who was also the chauffeur in sabrina. Leon askin (general burkhalter!) is in here as the inspector. Check out the wiere brothers in wikipedia dot org... they were an act in vaudeville, and made several film and tv appearances from 1930s to the 1960s. They are they coppers who bring guy in for questioning, and probably the best part of the film. The storyline is odd, the choice of musical numbers is odd, and there's just a strange chemistry between everyone. The first half is slow as molasses, but it does pick up about halfway through. It's just okay. Of course, elvis fans should watch it, for historical reasons. Directed by the usual director norman taurog.
28 Reviews
some light Elvis fun with murder and mayhem
SnoopyStyle14 October 2020
Guy Lambert (Elvis Presley) is a rock star touring Europe and chasing girls. In London, he brings Jill Conway back to his hotel room but it turns out badly. Jill's uncle Gerald Waverly is trying to keep her and her inheritance under his control. Guy is shocked to learn that she's a love-struck underage girl but she continues to pursue him. They get stuck in a jewel smuggling scheme when two criminals hide their jewels in her luggage. Someone is also trying to kill them.
Elvis always has his natural charms. I actually like his womanizing troubles. They humanizes him. I would change Jill age by advancing it four days. It would be funnier if she considers him her birthday present and less awkward if there isn't the smell of illegality. He can still try to keep her at arm's length due to her clinginess. Otherwise, I really like her character and she has fun with Elvis. I am surprised that Annette Day did not continue to act. This is her one and only notable appearance. The three idiot cops do go too far but I do understand having the Insp. Clouseau wannabes for comedic purposes. The movie struggles to keep going after someone dies. The death should be the climax instead of being in the middle. As for Elvis, he sings, he charms, and he Karate-chops. It's light Elvis fun with murder and mayhem.
Elvis always has his natural charms. I actually like his womanizing troubles. They humanizes him. I would change Jill age by advancing it four days. It would be funnier if she considers him her birthday present and less awkward if there isn't the smell of illegality. He can still try to keep her at arm's length due to her clinginess. Otherwise, I really like her character and she has fun with Elvis. I am surprised that Annette Day did not continue to act. This is her one and only notable appearance. The three idiot cops do go too far but I do understand having the Insp. Clouseau wannabes for comedic purposes. The movie struggles to keep going after someone dies. The death should be the climax instead of being in the middle. As for Elvis, he sings, he charms, and he Karate-chops. It's light Elvis fun with murder and mayhem.
Elvis is the king! With wannabe-Beatles sidekicks!
funkyfry9 October 2002
Amusing Elvis fare, in which E is stuck protecting a wealthy heiress (Day) from her greedy uncle (Williams) who wants her killed before her 18th birthday so it won't be discovered that he's been stealing from her inheritance. Of course, this same date also explains why Elvis is reluctant to hook up with the petite Brit, and enables the evil uncle to send bumbling Belgian cops on E's trail for kidnapping. Also, groupie Romain turns out to be after more than E's autograph -- she's in the employ of the uncle too! Elvis sings some pretty good songs, some pretty bad songs, and gets involved in some funny situations. He even kills a guy in a fight (well, actually, he does that in a lot of his movies).
Did frozen funds inspire this Anglicization of Presley? hmmmmm......
Did frozen funds inspire this Anglicization of Presley? hmmmmm......
The Overseas Elvis
urfriendrz13 January 2004
We've seen Elvis as the racecar driver, millionare texan, boxer (kid galahad), convict, hillbilly (kissin' cousins), dumb hilbilly again (follow that dream) Now we see the Tourist Elvis singing his way through England (although it's really Belgium, I'm told.)
Elvis is actually at his best when he is glib and cynical. In those instances his acting is really quite good in a comical way. Sort of like the wisecracking Jim Rockford of Rockford Files. When he tries to get serious, in most of his films, he appears wooden and scripted. This is not a bad Elvis movie, mostly due to the funny antics of the bumbling detectives following him, and Elvis' more relaxed acting style.
The fact that he breaks out in a song at the drop of the hat in some of the corniest situations doesn't matter. After all, it is an ELVIS movie.
One thing that baffles me is the title. Why DOUBLE trouble? Did I miss something? OK I think i get it.. 2 different women causing him trouble?...
Elvis is actually at his best when he is glib and cynical. In those instances his acting is really quite good in a comical way. Sort of like the wisecracking Jim Rockford of Rockford Files. When he tries to get serious, in most of his films, he appears wooden and scripted. This is not a bad Elvis movie, mostly due to the funny antics of the bumbling detectives following him, and Elvis' more relaxed acting style.
The fact that he breaks out in a song at the drop of the hat in some of the corniest situations doesn't matter. After all, it is an ELVIS movie.
One thing that baffles me is the title. Why DOUBLE trouble? Did I miss something? OK I think i get it.. 2 different women causing him trouble?...
Elvis goes to Europe
LeRoyMarko28 March 2001
In this one, singer Guy Lambert (played by Elvis) is touring Europe. Actually, most of the film takes place in Belgium. Lambert is all tangled up in a spy, diamond smuggling and love affair. All that is very complicated for nothing because the movie is not so good. Actually, if you're not an unconditional fan of Elvis, you could easily skip this one. You won't miss anything. For the fans though, Elvis sings a few songs including: Long-Legged Girl, Could I Fall in Love and a unique version of Old MacDonald Had a Farm. Annette Day is not very convincing in the role of Jill, the girl who's falling for Elvis. I gave it a 5.
Sorry Elvis :-(
darthsteele-3933816 May 2023
I want to start by saying that I LOVE Elvis! It breaks my heart that so many of his movies, especially this one, are pretty bad. It's taken me until now to watch his lesser films. Mostly because I know that he wasn't proud of them and couldn't wait to stop making them. This particular film is awful all the way around; writing, directing, set design, costumes, and yes even Elvis' is acting isn't all that great. Sorry Elvis :-( The entire film is cringey, awkward and uncomfortable to watch. Elvis has about 5 really good films. When I sit through these bad ones it makes me really just feel sorry and frustrated for him.
DOUBLE TROUBLE (Norman Taurog, 1967) **
Bunuel19766 September 2007
Warning: Spoilers
Against all my expectations, this turned out to be almost as "way out" a comedy as STAY AWAY, JOE (1968)! The generic title would indicate a dual role for Elvis but what we have here instead surprise, surprise is him being chased by two women at the same time. The would-be groovy title sequence promises an "Elvis in Swinging London"-type of thing but what we get eventually is a wildly disparate hodgepodge of genres which, frankly, do not jell at all well: including a chase-driven comedy-thriller in the vein of the Bob Hope vehicles of the 1940s dealing with damsels in distress who are up for large inheritances but, this being the era of the James Bond extravaganzas, with an artificial spy/action flick texture clumsily laid on!
Annette Day is a rather weak leading lady (not surprisingly, this is still her only movie to date) and much more interesting and enticing is her rival, the half-Maltese Yvonne Romain (who's eventually revealed to be the villainess). Also in the cast is the ever-reliable John Williams as Day's outwardly gracious but ultimately scheming uncle/guardian; Chips Rafferty and Norman Rossington as a couple of bumbling crooks (who manage to be quite amusing under the circumstances) but not so The Wiere Brothers surely among the most resistible comedy teams in living memory! as a trio of feather-brained Belgian police detectives out to catch the Rafferty/Rossington team.
I don't know if I really should mention this but Elvis Presley's rendition of the standard children's ditty "Old MacDonald's Farm" is featured here for posterity's sake! Oink, oink...
Annette Day is a rather weak leading lady (not surprisingly, this is still her only movie to date) and much more interesting and enticing is her rival, the half-Maltese Yvonne Romain (who's eventually revealed to be the villainess). Also in the cast is the ever-reliable John Williams as Day's outwardly gracious but ultimately scheming uncle/guardian; Chips Rafferty and Norman Rossington as a couple of bumbling crooks (who manage to be quite amusing under the circumstances) but not so The Wiere Brothers surely among the most resistible comedy teams in living memory! as a trio of feather-brained Belgian police detectives out to catch the Rafferty/Rossington team.
I don't know if I really should mention this but Elvis Presley's rendition of the standard children's ditty "Old MacDonald's Farm" is featured here for posterity's sake! Oink, oink...
Underrated enjoyment
trotsky1019 May 2009
I am amazed this movie has at the moment so little stars compared to other Elvis movies.
Contrary to other comments I find Elvis in top form in this movie, very much in shape (I think his wedding was just around the corner) and charming. For an Elvis flick it was refreshing that the setting is in Europe and I find the direction and sets reflecting this quite well. Being European (an Englishman in Holland) I thoroughly enjoyed the old fashioned footage of different countries in that time and the sets.
There are quite a few good songs in the soundtrack and the story, though corny (an Elvis Flick), is entertaining and funny.
Contrary to other comments I find Elvis in top form in this movie, very much in shape (I think his wedding was just around the corner) and charming. For an Elvis flick it was refreshing that the setting is in Europe and I find the direction and sets reflecting this quite well. Being European (an Englishman in Holland) I thoroughly enjoyed the old fashioned footage of different countries in that time and the sets.
There are quite a few good songs in the soundtrack and the story, though corny (an Elvis Flick), is entertaining and funny.
Love and larceny may be on the double but fun barely hits single
TheLittleSongbird26 March 2017
Elvis Presley was a hugely influential performer with one of the most distinctive singing voices of anybody. He embarked on a film career consisting of 33 films from 1956 to 1969, films that did well at the box-office but mostly panned critically (especially his later films) and while he was a highly charismatic performer he was never considered a great actor.
As said many times, a lot of Elvis' early efforts were decent or more, his five best films overall being 'King Creole', 'Flaming Star', 'Jailhouse Rock', 'Viva Las Vegas' and 'Loving You'. It was from 'Kissin' Cousins', his first real mediocre at best effort, onward when his films became hit and miss or worse. While Elvis certainly did worse, like 'Harum Scarum', 'Double Trouble' generally is down there with his weakest.
Regarding Elvis himself, there is more of the relaxed charisma and the enthusiastic charm than in most of his 1965-7 output (most of which he looked utterly disinterested in), the role really doesn't require much but he does his best and while he has looked in better shape he still sounds good. A few of the songs are decent, "Long Legged Girl" is the best of the lot and for a song from an Elvis film from this period is good. "City of Night" and "Could I Fall in Love" also fare well.
Some of the supporting cast also don't fare too badly considering what they were given to work with. Fun Leon Askin, lovable Norman Rossington, urbane John Williams and sultry Yvonne Romain come off best. Chips Rafferty is quite good too.
However, not all the supporting cast and songs work. Annette Day's acting inexperience comes through loud and clear in a performance that neglects any acting ability of any kind. She shares very little chemistry with Elvis either. Michael Murphy, in his screen debut, does his best and gives a creepiness at times but in a way where the darkness doesn't balance particularly well with the rest of the film. Stanley Adams and Walter Burke try too hard in bumbling roles more at home in a sitcom and the Wiere Brothers are just annoying and don't fit.
Apart from a few songs, the rest of the soundtrack suffers from being very forgettable, very sloppy lip-synchronisation (very rarely in time) and from being poorly recorded, almost like the equipment used was on its last legs and on the verge of breaking down any second. Only one of them reaches risible level though and that's "Old MacDonald Had a Farm", even Elvis himself looks embarrassed.
Norman Taurog's, a wildly variable director dependent on the material, direction is all over the map. As is the corny (even for an Elvis film) and wildly disjointed script, that is far too busy, and a story that is a mess of style, structure and tone, again trying to do too much and very little of it comes together (just didn't see the point of the diamond subplot especially considering how barely remembered it is in the film).
Overall, not awful but messy. Really strictly for the fans, and most likely even they will be pining for a film that lives up to Elvis' considerable talents rather than working against them. 4/10 Bethany Cox
As said many times, a lot of Elvis' early efforts were decent or more, his five best films overall being 'King Creole', 'Flaming Star', 'Jailhouse Rock', 'Viva Las Vegas' and 'Loving You'. It was from 'Kissin' Cousins', his first real mediocre at best effort, onward when his films became hit and miss or worse. While Elvis certainly did worse, like 'Harum Scarum', 'Double Trouble' generally is down there with his weakest.
Regarding Elvis himself, there is more of the relaxed charisma and the enthusiastic charm than in most of his 1965-7 output (most of which he looked utterly disinterested in), the role really doesn't require much but he does his best and while he has looked in better shape he still sounds good. A few of the songs are decent, "Long Legged Girl" is the best of the lot and for a song from an Elvis film from this period is good. "City of Night" and "Could I Fall in Love" also fare well.
Some of the supporting cast also don't fare too badly considering what they were given to work with. Fun Leon Askin, lovable Norman Rossington, urbane John Williams and sultry Yvonne Romain come off best. Chips Rafferty is quite good too.
However, not all the supporting cast and songs work. Annette Day's acting inexperience comes through loud and clear in a performance that neglects any acting ability of any kind. She shares very little chemistry with Elvis either. Michael Murphy, in his screen debut, does his best and gives a creepiness at times but in a way where the darkness doesn't balance particularly well with the rest of the film. Stanley Adams and Walter Burke try too hard in bumbling roles more at home in a sitcom and the Wiere Brothers are just annoying and don't fit.
Apart from a few songs, the rest of the soundtrack suffers from being very forgettable, very sloppy lip-synchronisation (very rarely in time) and from being poorly recorded, almost like the equipment used was on its last legs and on the verge of breaking down any second. Only one of them reaches risible level though and that's "Old MacDonald Had a Farm", even Elvis himself looks embarrassed.
Norman Taurog's, a wildly variable director dependent on the material, direction is all over the map. As is the corny (even for an Elvis film) and wildly disjointed script, that is far too busy, and a story that is a mess of style, structure and tone, again trying to do too much and very little of it comes together (just didn't see the point of the diamond subplot especially considering how barely remembered it is in the film).
Overall, not awful but messy. Really strictly for the fans, and most likely even they will be pining for a film that lives up to Elvis' considerable talents rather than working against them. 4/10 Bethany Cox
Elvis In London
holidayhill-3296814 March 2023
This was a really good movie. It had the right vibe for the late 60's with a European setting. Elvis looks great and he played the role so well. He really was a good actor. I can not understand why many of his late 60 movies failed to do really well. I admit there were a few clinkers but most of them had good story lines and good supporting actors and Elvis looking fantastic and putting his best into the role. The scenery was well done and really made me feel like he was in Europe. He had his own unique look and always stood out above the crowd. The songs were cute and he being so talented could make Old McDonald sound cool. He was an amazing talent.
TRIPLE TROUBLE!!!!!!!!!!
jazzmanrkmarsh-2067016 January 2021
I've always been and still am a Elvis Presley fan, but this by far is one of the worst Presley movies he made!!!! Including the songs, I can see why he couldn't wait to get out of the movie contracts!!!!
The only entertaining of this movie was seeing two of my favorite characters actors John Willams, and my man Walter Burke!!!!!!!!!
"This one has a reasonable storyline for an Elvis film!"
jamesraeburn20038 January 2004
Elvis Presley plays pop singer Guy Lambert who is touring England where he becomes involved with Jill Conway (Annette Day), a teenage heiress with a crush on him. It also becomes clear that her uncle Gerald Waverley (John Williams) is trying to kill her in order to get his hands on her money and Lambert must save her life.
Often slated because in real life Elvis never toured yet alone visited England, and the film was shot on one of those cheesy but likable MGM sets built in America to stand in for England rather like those used in a Man From UNCLE adventure. Hardly surprising since the art directors are George W. Davis and Merrill Pye who worked on some of those films. Those who have seen One Of Our Spies Is Missing for example will know what I mean. For me, this is one of the King's more enjoyable movies with a reasonable storyline for Presley's usual standards and he sings "Long Legged Woman With The Short Dress On", one of my favourite tunes which is proving VERY hard to find on CD. The film also features Norman Rossington (the only actor to appear with both The Beatles and Elvis) as a hapless diamond smuggler. John Williams is well cast as the smooth and scheming Gerald Waverley. The only downside is the fact that Elvis who is without doubt one of the most important figures in the development of popular music has to sing OLD MACDONALD. But fast forward past that bit and the rest of the film isn't at all bad.
Often slated because in real life Elvis never toured yet alone visited England, and the film was shot on one of those cheesy but likable MGM sets built in America to stand in for England rather like those used in a Man From UNCLE adventure. Hardly surprising since the art directors are George W. Davis and Merrill Pye who worked on some of those films. Those who have seen One Of Our Spies Is Missing for example will know what I mean. For me, this is one of the King's more enjoyable movies with a reasonable storyline for Presley's usual standards and he sings "Long Legged Woman With The Short Dress On", one of my favourite tunes which is proving VERY hard to find on CD. The film also features Norman Rossington (the only actor to appear with both The Beatles and Elvis) as a hapless diamond smuggler. John Williams is well cast as the smooth and scheming Gerald Waverley. The only downside is the fact that Elvis who is without doubt one of the most important figures in the development of popular music has to sing OLD MACDONALD. But fast forward past that bit and the rest of the film isn't at all bad.
Widely recognized by film historians as the most influential Elvis flick . . .
oscaralbert7 November 2020
Warning: Spoilers
. . . DOUBLE TROUBLE inspired such classics as DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER and IN BRUGES with its convoluted plot involving jewel smuggling, secret agents, chase scenes, double crosses and hair-raising stunts, all set in nefarious Belgium. However, at its core DOUBLE TROUBLE is about jail bait, constituting a much more salacious spin on JAILHOUSE ROCK. Filmed with such "working titles" as THE BACHELOR AND THE PENNY LOAFER, GILLIAN SLEPT HERE and TRUE SPIT, this movie brushes the rough edges of an NC-17 rating, with its intense focus upon a 17-year-old's sensual awakening. Elvis may not be "in like Flynn," but he's not firing his rockets in outer space, either.
Big trouble for anyone watching...
moonspinner554 July 2005
Okay, so Elvis Presley movies aren't the creme de la creme of the cinema, but "Double Trouble" really scrapes the barrel's bottom. Despite it being 1967, the film seems to take place in the screwball 1930s, complete with a teenage heiress being followed by bad guys. Elvis plays an American rock-and-roll singer touring smoky dives overseas who is alternately in love with the 17-year-old ("18 in only four days!") and the numerous other girls on the trail. There must have been no shortage of nubile young actresses in 1967 who would have loved a co-starring part opposite hot property Presley, so why the producers picked sugary, harmless Annette Day is anybody's guess (Day looks and sounds like Samantha Eggar's baby sister--with Deborah Walley's hairdo). An embarrassing movie for all concerned, and arguably Elvis' worst. NO STARS from ****
Euro Elvis
tigerman20019 June 2006
Hear Elvis say "bikkies" (a kick for me, as one who grew up with that contraction of "biscuits," in America known as cookies), see Elvis lay his kenpo down on a bad guy who dies as a result, see Elvis drive a VW bug, witness Elvis smash windows, marvel at Elvis in a mustache and glasses mask, and watch him beat up a beautiful woman! Those are some of the highlights, anyway. In truth, this film is among my very least favorite of Elvis films, even judging by the somewhat unique standards of the '60s travelogue Technicolor musicals that became the standard by 1962. The formula had worn thin by 1965 ("Frankie And Johnnie," "Harum Scarum," "Paradise, Hawaiian Style"), to say the least, and -- other than some bright points in "Spinout" and the entirety of "Easy Come, Easy Go" (like "Double Trouble," shot in 1966...for some reason, I like that crazy film) -- nothing got better, in my opinion, until the formula changed radically with 1968's "Stay Away, Joe" and "Live A Little, Love A Little."
The period 1965-1967 was Elvis' nadir, in other words, though the May, 1966 Nashville sessions (that yielded the immaculate "How Great Thou Art" gospel album and a few stellar secular songs, including a definitive take on one of Bob Dylan's songs) and recently-surfaced home recordings from that period show all too well how phenomenal Elvis' talent was at the time, a contrast that would anger and frustrate anyone who cared about his place in American and world culture and history. But we have what we have, and the criminal waste of talent that to a great extent represented Elvis' film career during this time is undeniable but shouldn't necessarily result in us writing off the results out of hand for that reason alone. There are a few moments in this film that are good, and a few when Elvis seems to actually be engaged rather than bored with the whole proceedings and just sleepwalking through it to fulfill contractual obligations.
There're some great actors in supporting roles, too, like Leon Askin (General Burkhalter!), Chips Rafferty, John Williams, Norman Rossington (the only actor to appear in films with the Beatles and Elvis), and Michael Murphy. Annette Day is kind of lackluster in the lead female role. Yvonne Romain is much more like it. And the Wiere Brothers have always irritated the hell out of me in this film -- wish they were not in it, because they really stupid things up.
The songs are not the greatest even compared to other songs from Elvis movies of this time, but I do like the title track, "Long Legged Girl" (a tasty song, actually, written by Joy Byers, who usually contributed great songs even to otherwise not-so-great movies, such as "Let Yourself Go" in "Speedway"), and the jazzy "City By Night." "Could I Fall In Love" is a nice ballad, a duet of Elvis with Elvis, but the entire June, 1966 session for this movie suffered from sonic problems and I believe it's one that Elvis complained vociferously about. I also believe that Elvis walked out on recording "Old McDonald" before he'd produced an acceptable master take, being totally disgusted by the task, and the master was spliced from what the engineers had captured. Not his greatest recorded moment, anyway. And, darn it, it (and the rest of the soundtrack) was recorded on my second birthday.
IMDb mixes up the screen character credits for Chips Rafferty and Norman Rossington but, to be fair, so does the end title sequence in the film. Oops.
The period 1965-1967 was Elvis' nadir, in other words, though the May, 1966 Nashville sessions (that yielded the immaculate "How Great Thou Art" gospel album and a few stellar secular songs, including a definitive take on one of Bob Dylan's songs) and recently-surfaced home recordings from that period show all too well how phenomenal Elvis' talent was at the time, a contrast that would anger and frustrate anyone who cared about his place in American and world culture and history. But we have what we have, and the criminal waste of talent that to a great extent represented Elvis' film career during this time is undeniable but shouldn't necessarily result in us writing off the results out of hand for that reason alone. There are a few moments in this film that are good, and a few when Elvis seems to actually be engaged rather than bored with the whole proceedings and just sleepwalking through it to fulfill contractual obligations.
There're some great actors in supporting roles, too, like Leon Askin (General Burkhalter!), Chips Rafferty, John Williams, Norman Rossington (the only actor to appear in films with the Beatles and Elvis), and Michael Murphy. Annette Day is kind of lackluster in the lead female role. Yvonne Romain is much more like it. And the Wiere Brothers have always irritated the hell out of me in this film -- wish they were not in it, because they really stupid things up.
The songs are not the greatest even compared to other songs from Elvis movies of this time, but I do like the title track, "Long Legged Girl" (a tasty song, actually, written by Joy Byers, who usually contributed great songs even to otherwise not-so-great movies, such as "Let Yourself Go" in "Speedway"), and the jazzy "City By Night." "Could I Fall In Love" is a nice ballad, a duet of Elvis with Elvis, but the entire June, 1966 session for this movie suffered from sonic problems and I believe it's one that Elvis complained vociferously about. I also believe that Elvis walked out on recording "Old McDonald" before he'd produced an acceptable master take, being totally disgusted by the task, and the master was spliced from what the engineers had captured. Not his greatest recorded moment, anyway. And, darn it, it (and the rest of the soundtrack) was recorded on my second birthday.
IMDb mixes up the screen character credits for Chips Rafferty and Norman Rossington but, to be fair, so does the end title sequence in the film. Oops.
An American singer finds trouble on tour in Europe.
michaelRokeefe20 November 1999
Guy Lambert (Elvis Presley) is the leader of a small combo touring Europe. In London, a wealthy heiress falls in love with the singer. Annette Day plays Jill Conway who is sent away to Belgium to keep her away from Lambert and finding out her uncle (John Williams) is trying to steal her inheritance. Guess who ends up singing in Belgium? More trouble arises when Lambert is suspected of jewel smuggling. Nine songs try to save this movie. The better tunes are "Baby, If You Give Me All Your Love", "City By Night" and "Long Legged Girl". Elvis looks puffy and his leading lady is the least attractive of all his movie co-stars.
Elvis on tour at Europe or MGM's lot??
elo-equipamentos30 August 2020
When I was a boy used to watch many movies of Elvis aired on TV at seventies, strangely this is new for me, Elvis is the pop singer Guy Lambert on tour at England (which never did) with a band of Beatles alikes, making a mocking of the famous British Band on purpose, sounds silly and bad advertisement to entry on a valuable market, along the tour he meets a mellow girl Jill Conway (Annette Day) so hot likes a Nun's behavior, worst underage, actually she is a heiress of a fortune having his uncle Gerald Wavely (John Williams) as tutor until she got at adulthood in few days, since then Lambert becomes a target of countless attempts of death, the sugary girl joins Lambert at Brussels, Antwerp in order to reach at Sweden, in between many kitsch songs coming along, just two are really fine on Blue style, all remainder were throwaway, who saves the picture were two hampered stooges diamond's smuggles, further no hot crazy girls hanging Elvis's neck or something, his partner was miscast to the role, she hadn't any sexual apealling as well, well at last Elvis is hooked by a Nun, sorry I mean by the dull skeany Jill Conway, certainly Elvis deserves much more!!!
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First watch: 2020 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 5.75
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First watch: 2020 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 5.75
Elvis never leaves the sound stage
bkoganbing18 August 2012
In his career Elvis Presley did three Hawaiian based films for which he got a nice Hawaiian vacation to shoot there. But for Double Trouble which is European based, the King never left the MGM lot for this film. All the scenes in London, Brussels, Antwerp, and Stockholm were strictly second unit establishing stuff. He must have thought he was gypped.
And Double Trouble is not as good as either Paradise Hawaiian Style or Blue Hawaii, the latter one Elvis's very best. And he's not playing or courting twins either. Instead he's a pop singer on tour in Europe who gets mixed up with a pair of women. One is Yvonne Romain a worldly, but deadly sophisticate the other is a teen just days shy of seventeen played by Annette Day.
For reasons it takes the whole film to figure out why people keep trying to kill Presley. In fact this plot is quite serious as young Annette Day is in danger and Presley by his association with her. But this is an Elvis film so songs and comedy are added. I would say rather shoehorned in to fit the kind of films Presley was making. It's entertaining, but muddled.
As always, Colonel Tom Parker made sure that Elvis was surrounded with veteran film names and established character players. Chips Rafferty and Norman Rossington play an inept pair of smugglers and con men who slip a fortune in jewels into his luggage and spend the entire film trying one loony scheme after another to recover them. John Williams is Day's uncle and guardian, Leon Askin is a Swedish police lieutenant with the Wiere Brothers as his assistants.
Note the hair stylings of the musicians backing Presley up in his act. If that wasn't a salute to the British invasion and an attempt to steal a few Beatles fans, I don't what else you could call it.
Not one of the King's best
And Double Trouble is not as good as either Paradise Hawaiian Style or Blue Hawaii, the latter one Elvis's very best. And he's not playing or courting twins either. Instead he's a pop singer on tour in Europe who gets mixed up with a pair of women. One is Yvonne Romain a worldly, but deadly sophisticate the other is a teen just days shy of seventeen played by Annette Day.
For reasons it takes the whole film to figure out why people keep trying to kill Presley. In fact this plot is quite serious as young Annette Day is in danger and Presley by his association with her. But this is an Elvis film so songs and comedy are added. I would say rather shoehorned in to fit the kind of films Presley was making. It's entertaining, but muddled.
As always, Colonel Tom Parker made sure that Elvis was surrounded with veteran film names and established character players. Chips Rafferty and Norman Rossington play an inept pair of smugglers and con men who slip a fortune in jewels into his luggage and spend the entire film trying one loony scheme after another to recover them. John Williams is Day's uncle and guardian, Leon Askin is a Swedish police lieutenant with the Wiere Brothers as his assistants.
Note the hair stylings of the musicians backing Presley up in his act. If that wasn't a salute to the British invasion and an attempt to steal a few Beatles fans, I don't what else you could call it.
Not one of the King's best
Harmless
ArtVandelayImporterExporter8 January 2021
Elvis gets stalked by a homely underaged Brit in the most mystifying casting decision in Elvis' film career.
The King shows fine wit. And the songs are fun - for me, anyway, not being old enough to remember Elvis as anything other than a fat guy who shot out his TV and died on his toilet.
I just don't know what producers were thinkingg when they cast this young woman. Did they run out of hot women in Britain in 1967. Or were here bad teeth an in-joke about legendary English dental care (or lack thereof)?
This movie wouldn't be half-bad if they could digitally replace the female lead who wasn't so repulsive. And if they'd deleted the Old McDonald song. I mean, come on, leave Elvis with at least a sliver of his dgnity. I mean, my god, by 1967, not only were the hopelessly square Beatles a worldwde phenomenom, the Rolling Stones were already a thing.
The King shows fine wit. And the songs are fun - for me, anyway, not being old enough to remember Elvis as anything other than a fat guy who shot out his TV and died on his toilet.
I just don't know what producers were thinkingg when they cast this young woman. Did they run out of hot women in Britain in 1967. Or were here bad teeth an in-joke about legendary English dental care (or lack thereof)?
This movie wouldn't be half-bad if they could digitally replace the female lead who wasn't so repulsive. And if they'd deleted the Old McDonald song. I mean, come on, leave Elvis with at least a sliver of his dgnity. I mean, my god, by 1967, not only were the hopelessly square Beatles a worldwde phenomenom, the Rolling Stones were already a thing.
A double dose of silly nonsense.
mark.waltz4 June 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Elvis has two lovely ladies after him in this film, walking in to his small cabaret, ogling him as they sit down right in front of the stage, even though the room is very crowded. Unfortunately the two females (Annette Day and Yvonne Romain) lack any kind of chemistry with him or screen charisma, and the plot is a stale return to the type of stuff audiences in the 30's dealt with in screwball comedies. This lacks that genre's sophistication though, even if Elvis has charisma to spare.
The basic plot has Mr. Pelvis keeping an eye on Day when he discovers that her uncle, John Williams, is desperate to get his hands on her inheritance and must do so before she turns the legal age of 18. Elvis and Day stay in hiding, but he ends up in the custody of police commissioner Leon Askin with the three Wiere Brothers his buffoonish and unfunny detectives.
The film is eye rolling throughout with only a few song interruptions to keep it going, most notably a very upbeat version of "Old MacDonald" song on a chicken truck (complete with a hammy clapping duck) followed by a big production number at a carnival of a traditional French song sung with English lyrics. Passable but dated entertainment, it probably would have served the film better to have had more charismatic women. Heck, even Nancy Sinatra would have done. The only real laughs come from a wise cracking parrot.
The basic plot has Mr. Pelvis keeping an eye on Day when he discovers that her uncle, John Williams, is desperate to get his hands on her inheritance and must do so before she turns the legal age of 18. Elvis and Day stay in hiding, but he ends up in the custody of police commissioner Leon Askin with the three Wiere Brothers his buffoonish and unfunny detectives.
The film is eye rolling throughout with only a few song interruptions to keep it going, most notably a very upbeat version of "Old MacDonald" song on a chicken truck (complete with a hammy clapping duck) followed by a big production number at a carnival of a traditional French song sung with English lyrics. Passable but dated entertainment, it probably would have served the film better to have had more charismatic women. Heck, even Nancy Sinatra would have done. The only real laughs come from a wise cracking parrot.
Cute Elvis Film EE-I-EE-I-O
Rainey-Dawn6 April 2024
This is another typical but cute Elvis film. Here we have Elvis with two girls after him while he's on tour, jewel thieves in the mix and a murderer.
One of Elvis' girls, Jill, is underage but almost 18 years of age and she has inherited millions. Jill's uncle has been dipping into her inheritance and hired a killer to get rid of her. This is the 'exciting' parts of the film.
Side note: Elvis is the only person I know of that can sing 'Old McDonald Had A Farm' and make it sound half way decent. Ha!
There are some pretty good songs in this film - though some are questionable.
Over all not a bad fair. Enjoyed the show.
8/10.
One of Elvis' girls, Jill, is underage but almost 18 years of age and she has inherited millions. Jill's uncle has been dipping into her inheritance and hired a killer to get rid of her. This is the 'exciting' parts of the film.
Side note: Elvis is the only person I know of that can sing 'Old McDonald Had A Farm' and make it sound half way decent. Ha!
There are some pretty good songs in this film - though some are questionable.
Over all not a bad fair. Enjoyed the show.
8/10.
DVD was made from bad master
cealban-14 May 2007
I do not know if other copies are as bad as mine, but My copy of this move has areas in it that the sound is not in sync with the film, it is very obvious that the film broke multiple times and jumped sprocket even more. I was very unhappy with it, as it really detracted from the quality. I would like to know if others have had this trouble, my copy is a Warner Brothers logo ISBN 0-7907-4555-0, UPC 012569514126. Other than that, I felt that this was a typical Elvis movie, Annette Day is certainly cute, but I have never seen an Elvis movie that did not have beautiful women in it. The thought of the King driving a Volkswagen Bug is hilarious, but having the sync problems is a true shame.
predictable
kwbucsfan20 August 2001
This was actually a decent movie but not great. It was a step up from the movies that he had been recently doing.Elvis plays Guy Lambert touring Europe, which Elvis wanted to do in real life. Unfortunately Guy gets mixed up in a scandal, and he and his love interest are running for their lives. The only part that I didn't like was Elvis sining "Old MacDonald."
Falling Down Drunk
wes-connors16 August 2007
Elvis Presley plays an alcoholic singer trying to avoid being seduced by underage heiress Annette Day. Ms. Day's uncle is as after her as she is after Elvis. I enjoyed most of the music performed by Elvis in this one. "Long Legged Girl", "City by Night", and "Double Trouble" are good songs; they give the film a nice Swinging Sixties feel. Problem is, you also have to sit through Elvis singing "Old McDonald had a farm
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Mr. Presley's perpetual stated of being "wasted" during this film makes his drunk scenes believable, reminding me of Dudley Moore in "Arthur". I'm not sure how much of this was an act, though. I'm guessing Elvis is supposed to be sober-looking sometimes; if so, there should have been some sort of "intervention" by Presley's family and friends after viewing this film. Leon Askin (from "Hogan's Heroes") leads a fun cast/crew supporting Elvis. If it could have been re-worked as a surreal "Arthur", the movie might have worked.
*** Double Trouble (4/5/67) Norman Taurog ~ Elvis Presley, Annette Day, Leon Askin
Mr. Presley's perpetual stated of being "wasted" during this film makes his drunk scenes believable, reminding me of Dudley Moore in "Arthur". I'm not sure how much of this was an act, though. I'm guessing Elvis is supposed to be sober-looking sometimes; if so, there should have been some sort of "intervention" by Presley's family and friends after viewing this film. Leon Askin (from "Hogan's Heroes") leads a fun cast/crew supporting Elvis. If it could have been re-worked as a surreal "Arthur", the movie might have worked.
*** Double Trouble (4/5/67) Norman Taurog ~ Elvis Presley, Annette Day, Leon Askin
More Lively & Not Quite As "Saccharin" as Most "Bad-Elvis-Movies"
LeonLouisRicci10 May 2023
Not Every One of the 31 "Elvis Movies" is a "Bad-Elvis-Movie".
Although, Sadly, the Majority Fit Into that Infamous Category of "The King's" Filmography.
The Concert Films are Considered Separate and are an Entity Unto Themselves.
Some of the Titles that Avoid Being Included in the "Bad" File are...
Love Me Tender (1956)...Loving You (1957)...Jailhouse Rock (1957)...King Creole (1958)...G.i. BLUES (1960)...Flaming Star (1960)...Wild in the Country (1961)...Blue Hawaii (1961)...Viva Las Vegas (1964)...Roustabout (1964)
After 1964 All Elvis Movies were "Bad-Elvis-Movies".
Although They All Made Oodles of Money and Sold Tons of Albums...Both Musically and Cinematically, with a Few Song Exceptions, are Just "Bad" Period.
"Double Trouble", although More Lively, and Encompassing Crimes, Slapstick, and Only One God-Awful Song..."Old MacDonald",
it Can't be Denied its "Bad" Status Because of Lot of the Comedy Falls Flat (even for an Elvis Movie) and are Cringe Inducements for Sure.
After a Promising Under Credits Montage that is Cut and Displayed Featuring a Semi-Psychedelic Swirl of Images,
the Film Immediately Plummets to an Anachronistic Elvis in Front of a Band that Would be Laughed Off the Stage in 1966 Swinging England.
Elvis Himself, Hairstyle and Clothes are Something Out of a Hollywood Idea of Hip.
The American Movie Studio Factory Never Did Catch Up to the Pop-Culture Changing and it Took Independent Films Like "Easy Rider" (1969) to Show the Dinosaur Studios What was What.
This Film, However is Almost as Awful as Some of the Others in the "Bad-Elvis-Movie" Category.
It can be Watched by True Elvis Fans with a Minimum of Embarrassment for "The King", He Holds His Own in His Own Way,
but is Surrounded by Unfunny Comedy, and One Sight-Gag After Another that, well, Makes One Gag at the Ineptitude.
The Opening Credits Proudly Announced..."Introducing...Annette Day". She Never Made Another Movie.
For Those That Can Take It...
Almost Worth a Watch.
Although, Sadly, the Majority Fit Into that Infamous Category of "The King's" Filmography.
The Concert Films are Considered Separate and are an Entity Unto Themselves.
Some of the Titles that Avoid Being Included in the "Bad" File are...
Love Me Tender (1956)...Loving You (1957)...Jailhouse Rock (1957)...King Creole (1958)...G.i. BLUES (1960)...Flaming Star (1960)...Wild in the Country (1961)...Blue Hawaii (1961)...Viva Las Vegas (1964)...Roustabout (1964)
After 1964 All Elvis Movies were "Bad-Elvis-Movies".
Although They All Made Oodles of Money and Sold Tons of Albums...Both Musically and Cinematically, with a Few Song Exceptions, are Just "Bad" Period.
"Double Trouble", although More Lively, and Encompassing Crimes, Slapstick, and Only One God-Awful Song..."Old MacDonald",
it Can't be Denied its "Bad" Status Because of Lot of the Comedy Falls Flat (even for an Elvis Movie) and are Cringe Inducements for Sure.
After a Promising Under Credits Montage that is Cut and Displayed Featuring a Semi-Psychedelic Swirl of Images,
the Film Immediately Plummets to an Anachronistic Elvis in Front of a Band that Would be Laughed Off the Stage in 1966 Swinging England.
Elvis Himself, Hairstyle and Clothes are Something Out of a Hollywood Idea of Hip.
The American Movie Studio Factory Never Did Catch Up to the Pop-Culture Changing and it Took Independent Films Like "Easy Rider" (1969) to Show the Dinosaur Studios What was What.
This Film, However is Almost as Awful as Some of the Others in the "Bad-Elvis-Movie" Category.
It can be Watched by True Elvis Fans with a Minimum of Embarrassment for "The King", He Holds His Own in His Own Way,
but is Surrounded by Unfunny Comedy, and One Sight-Gag After Another that, well, Makes One Gag at the Ineptitude.
The Opening Credits Proudly Announced..."Introducing...Annette Day". She Never Made Another Movie.
For Those That Can Take It...
Almost Worth a Watch.
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