This is arguably Elvis Presley's best film, and certainly his best acting performance. It's a tough New Orleans-set crime drama directed by Hollywood maestro Michael Curtiz, who invests the night-club scenes with the kind of élan that turned the not dissimilar Casablanca into a classic. Elvis has tremendous support from a terrific back-up cast, notably from Walter Matthau as reptilian villain Maxie Fields, and from Carolyn Jones as the long-suffering moll. The songs are knockouts too, especially the Dixie-influenced title number and the sultry Trouble. This is as good as Presley gets - don't miss.

Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at his night club The Blue Shade. Danny refuses, but Fields won't take no for an answer.