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- However, Crowther found the film to be "moderately genial entertainment. It's not explosive, but it has the cheerful top of a lightly romantic contrivance that ranges between comedy and spoof. For this we can thank the other actors who played their roles ardently and Phil Karlson, who has directed at a brisk and deceptive pace."
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Warning: Spoilers. The King of Rock'n Roll Elvis Presley climbed into the boxing ring for his tenth movie "Kid Galahad" with director Phil Karlson helming this 1962 remake of director Michael Curtiz's 1937 pugilist film of the same name with Wayne Morris cast as the eponymous boxer.
Box office. $2.5 million (US/Canada) [2] Kid Galahad is a 1962 American musical film starring Elvis Presley as a boxer. It was released by United Artists [3] in August 1962 and opened at #9 at the American box office. Variety ranked it #37 on its list of the top-grossing films of 1962. Kid Galahad was shot on location in Idyllwild, California.
Kid Galahad: Directed by Phil Karlson. With Elvis Presley, Gig Young, Lola Albright, Joan Blackman. After completing his military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter and takes him under his wing.
- (3.2K)
- Drama, Musical, Sport
- Phil Karlson
- 1962-08-29
Kid Galahad. Year: 1962. Director: Phil Karlson. Stars: Elvis Presley, Gig Young, Lola Albright, Joan Blackman, Charles Bronson, David Lewis, Ned Glass, Robert Emhardt, Liam Redmond, Judson Pratt, Ed Asner. Genre: Musical, Drama.
- Phil Karlson
- 5 (from 1 vote)
- Musical, Drama
- 1962
- The Production: 3/5
- Video: 4/5
- Io: 4.5/5
- Cial Features: 2.5/5
- Overall: 3/5
1962 was the peak of Elvis Presley’s movie career. He had four movies in release during the year, all of them box-office hits, and ended up ranking fifth in the list of top box-office stars for the year, his highest-ever ranking in the list apart from his debut year when he ranked fourth. Kid Galahad, one of his four releases during the year, was s...
3D Rating: NA
The film is presented in its original screen aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and is offered in 1080p using the AVC codec. Sharpness is fine though some lengthy opticals not only look very soft but give the film a really dated appearance. Color is strong throughout and demonstrates no fading. But the transfer has had minimal cleaning done to it with a flurry of dust specks present almost from the beginning (admittedly, the first half is worse than the last half). The movie has been divided into 24 chap...
The DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono sound mix is typical for films of this era. The dialogue has been well-recorded and has been mixed carefully with the score by Jeff Alexander, songs by several hands, and ambient sounds of training sessions and fights so that no dialogue is lost. The track is also free of age-related artifacts like hiss and crackle ...
Isolated Music and Effects Track: presented in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono. Theatrical Trailer(2:49, SD) Six-Page Booklet: contains some color stills, original poster art on the back cover, and film historian Julie Kirgo’s good-natured appreciation of the movie.
While maybe not as completely entertaining as Jailhouse Rock or Viva Las Vegas, Kid Galahadplaces its star Elvis Presley a little out of his comfort zone and emerges as a middling entertainment. There are only 3,000 copies of this Blu-ray available.
Phil Karlson, Charles Bronson, Elvis and boxing... who wouldn't want to see this? Unfortunately, as directed by former B-movie master Karlson, Kid Galahad is a real mixed bag, with some half-baked ideas and some unwanted detours.
Overview. After completing his military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing. Phil Karlson. Director. William Fay. Screenplay.
