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58% Critic Match
It Happened at the World's Fair
“Swinging higher than the space needle with the gals and the songs at the famous Worlds Fair!”
5.8 / 10• 1963• 1h 45m•NR• English
ComedyMusicRomance
Storyline
Mike and Danny fly a cropduster, but because of Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custody of it. Trying to earn money, they hitch-hike to the World's Fair in Seattle and, while Danny tries to earn money playing poker, Mike takes care of a small girl whose father has disappeared. Being a ladies' man, he also finds the time to court a young nurse.
Cast & Crew
Elvis Presley
Mike Edwards
Lead
Joan O'Brien
Diane Warren
Gary Lockwood
Danny Burke
Vicky Tiu
Sue-Lin
H.M. Wynant
Vince Bradley
Edith Atwater
Miss Steuben
Guy Raymond
Barney Thatcher
Dorothy Green
Miss Ettinger
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Norman Taurog's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. It Happened at the World's Fair is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
