Girls! Girls! Girls! is a 1962 musical comedy film

Musical film

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 starring Elvis Presley

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 as a penniless Hawaiian fisherman who loves his life on the sea and dreams of owning his own boat. "Return to Sender

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", which reached #2 on the Billboard pop singles chart, is featured in the movie. The movie opened at #6 on the Variety

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box office chart and finished the year at #31 on the year-end list of the top-grossing movies of 1962. The movie earned $2.5 million at the box office.

The film was shot on location in Hawaii.

Plot

Elvis Presley plays Ross Carpenter, a Hawaiian fishing guide and sailor who enjoys boating and sailing out on the sea. When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, he seeks to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he built with his father. He is caught in a love triangle with two women: childish, insensitive club singer Robin, played by Stella Stevens, and sweet Laurel, played by Laurel Goodwin. When Wesley Johnson, played by Jeremy Slate, makes advances on Laurel, Ross punches him out. Wesley owns the boat. Ross thereby loses his boat. Laurel, however, is not who she pretends to be. Ross has to choose between Robin and Laurel.

Primary cast

• Elvis Presley
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  : Ross Carpenter
• Stella Stevens
  Stella Stevens
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  : Robin Gantner
• Laurel Goodwin
  Laurel Goodwin
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  : Laurel Dodge
• Jeremy Slate
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  : Wesley Johnson
• Benson Fong
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  : Kin Yung
• Robert Strauss
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  : Sam Anderson
• Jack Nitzsche
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  : Piano Player in Lounge Band (uncredited)
• Nestor Paiva
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  : Arthur Morgan (uncredited)
• Linda Rand: Village Woman (uncredited)
• Edward Sheehan: Ed-Man on Dock (uncredited)
• Red West
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  : Bongo-Playing Crewman on Tuna Boat (uncredited)

Awards and Nominations

• Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Motion Picture - Musical at the 1963 ceremony. The winner that year was The Music Man
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  . Elvis Presley received a 2nd place Laurel Award for the best male performance in a musical for his acting role in this movie.

Movie Reviews

• Review by Jamie Gillies at Apollo Movie Guide.

DVD Reviews

• Review of the movie collection "Lights! Camera! Elvis! Collection (King Creole, Blue Hawaii, G.I. Blues, Fun in Acapulco, Roustabout, Girls! Girls! Girls!, Paradise, Hawaiian Style, Easy Come, Easy Go) by Paul Mavis at DVD Talk, August 6, 2007.
• Review by Jon Danziger at digitallyOBSESSED!, February 3, 2003.