Spinout
Encyclopedia
Spinout is a 1966 musical film
and comedy
starring Elvis Presley
as the lead singer of a band and part-time race car driver. The movie was #57 on the year end list of the top-grossing films of 1966.
. The second is Cynthia Foxhugh, a spoiled heiress and daddy's girl, played by Shelley Fabares
. The third is Diana St. Clair, an author of books on men, played by Diane McBain
. McCoy drives a Cobra 427 sports car which is towed around the country by a 1929 Model J Duesenberg. The movie opens with Mike McCoy being driven off the road into a river by Cynthia Foxhugh. Carl Betz
plays Howard Foxhugh, Cynthia's father, who wants McCoy to drive his Fox Five car in a car race. Jack Mullaney
, who had appeared in Tickle Me
(1965), plays Curly, a member of the band. The climactic scene is a car race.
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
and comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
starring Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
as the lead singer of a band and part-time race car driver. The movie was #57 on the year end list of the top-grossing films of 1966.
Plot
Elvis Presley plays Mike McCoy, the lead singer for a band combo and part-time racecar driver, trying to get by when he is pursued by three different women who seek to marry him. The first is Les, the female drummer of his band, played by Deborah WalleyDeborah Walley
Deborah Walley was an American actress.-Biographical Information:Deborah Walley was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Ice Capades skating stars and choreographers Nathan and Edith Walley. She attended Central High School in Bridgeport. At fourteen she was playing summer-stock theatre. She...
. The second is Cynthia Foxhugh, a spoiled heiress and daddy's girl, played by Shelley Fabares
Shelley Fabares
Michele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares is an American actress and singer. Fabares is known for her roles as Donna Reed's oldest child, Mary Stone, on The Donna Reed Show , and as Craig T. Nelson's love interest and eventual wife, Christine Armstrong Fox, on the sitcom Coach. She also was Elvis...
. The third is Diana St. Clair, an author of books on men, played by Diane McBain
Diane McBain
Diane McBain is an American actress who, as a Warner Brothers contract player, reached a brief peak of popularity during the early 1960s...
. McCoy drives a Cobra 427 sports car which is towed around the country by a 1929 Model J Duesenberg. The movie opens with Mike McCoy being driven off the road into a river by Cynthia Foxhugh. Carl Betz
Carl Betz
Carl Betz was an American film and television actor. A native of Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Betz participated in childhood theatricals and later worked in summer stock. He graduated from Mount Lebanon High School in 1939 and then served in the military...
plays Howard Foxhugh, Cynthia's father, who wants McCoy to drive his Fox Five car in a car race. Jack Mullaney
Jack Mullaney
Jack Mullaney was an American actor, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mullaney acted in several television series and films throughout his career....
, who had appeared in Tickle Me
Tickle Me
Tickle Me is a 1965 Western musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley as a champion rodeo bull-rider and bronco-buster. Elvis Presley won a 1966 Golden Laurel Award as the best male actor in a musical film for his role in this comedy. It is also the only Elvis film released by Allied Artists...
(1965), plays Curly, a member of the band. The climactic scene is a car race.
Cast
- Elvis PresleyElvis PresleyElvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
: Mike McCoy - Shelley FabaresShelley FabaresMichele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares is an American actress and singer. Fabares is known for her roles as Donna Reed's oldest child, Mary Stone, on The Donna Reed Show , and as Craig T. Nelson's love interest and eventual wife, Christine Armstrong Fox, on the sitcom Coach. She also was Elvis...
: Cynthia Foxhugh - Diane McBainDiane McBainDiane McBain is an American actress who, as a Warner Brothers contract player, reached a brief peak of popularity during the early 1960s...
: Diana St. Clair - Dodie Marshall: Susan
- Deborah WalleyDeborah WalleyDeborah Walley was an American actress.-Biographical Information:Deborah Walley was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Ice Capades skating stars and choreographers Nathan and Edith Walley. She attended Central High School in Bridgeport. At fourteen she was playing summer-stock theatre. She...
: Les - Jack MullaneyJack MullaneyJack Mullaney was an American actor, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mullaney acted in several television series and films throughout his career....
: Curly - Will HutchinsWill HutchinsWill Hutchins is an American actor most noted for playing the lead role of the young lawyer Tom Brewster in the Warner Brothers Western television series Sugarfoot on ABC from 1957-1961.-Biography:...
: Lt. Tracy Richards - Warren BerlingerWarren BerlingerWarren Berlinger is an American character actor, with both Broadway runs and over a thousand television appearances to his credit.-Personal life:...
: Philip Short - Jimmy HawkinsJimmy HawkinsJames F. Hawkins , known as Jimmy Hawkins, and later, Jim Hawkins, is an American actor and film producer whose career began as a child actor to such Hollywood stars as Lana Turner, Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, and Donna Reed...
: Larry - Carl BetzCarl BetzCarl Betz was an American film and television actor. A native of Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Betz participated in childhood theatricals and later worked in summer stock. He graduated from Mount Lebanon High School in 1939 and then served in the military...
: Howard Foxhugh - Cecil KellawayCecil KellawayCecil Lauriston Kellaway was a South African-born character actor.Cecil Kellaway spent many years as an actor, author, and director in the Australian film industry until he tried his luck in Hollywood in the 1930s. Finding he could get only gangster bit parts, he got discouraged and returned to...
: Bernard Ranley - Una MerkelUna MerkelUna Merkel was an American Tony Award-winning stage and film actress.-Life and career:Una Merkel was born in Covington, Kentucky, and grew up in Philadelphia and New York City. She bore a resemblance to actress Lillian Gish and began her career as a stand-in for Gish, most notably in the 1928...
: Violet Ranley - Frederick Worlock: Blodgett
- Rita WilsonRita Wilson-Early life:Wilson was born Margarita Ibrahimoff in Los Angeles, California.Her father, a Bulgarian who worked at a racetrack, was born in Greece. Before immigrating to the US, he had lived in Bulgaria and Turkey....
: Bit Girl (uncredited)
DVD Reviews
- Review by Jeff Rosado at digitallyOBSESSED!, August 4, 2004.
- Review by Bill Treadway at DVD Verdict, August 3, 2004.
- Review by Stuart Galbraith IV at DVD Talk, July 16, 2004.
- Review by Betsy Bozdech at The DVD Journal.