Elvis and the Beauty Queen

Name: Elvis and the Beauty Queen
Director: Gus Trikonis
Genre: Drama, Music, TV Movie
Released: 1981-03-01
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Don Johnson, Stephanie Zimbalist, Ann Dusenberry, Rick Lenz, Ann Wedgeworth

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1981 · 100 min · Drama · Music · TV Movie · TMDB 3.9/10

Overview

Don Johnson stars as Elvis Presley in this made-for-TV true story about The King's love affair with Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), a young beauty pageant contestant who was his live-in girlfriend and traveling companion for the last four years of his life. The story begins with their first meeting and traces their years together when Thompson tried to keep Presley off drugs in the last years of his career.

Directed by Gus Trikonis

Cast

Don Johnson — Elvis Presley
Stephanie Zimbalist — Linda Thompson
Ann Dusenberry — Jeannie LeMay
Rick Lenz — David Briggs
Ann Wedgeworth — Aunt Betty