
Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off things. It seems he will lose both race and girl, problems made more difficult by rivalry from Elmo Mancini, fellow racer and womaniser. Perhaps some singing will help.... (Full plot summary below)
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Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off things. It seems he will lose both race and girl, problems made more difficult by rivalry from Elmo Mancini, fellow racer and womaniser. Perhaps some singing will help.
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| San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannPresley's one really good musical, mainly because it features a female costar, Ann-Margret, who can match the coiffed one in the charisma stakes. |
| BBC.comMatt FordUltimately it's hard to say exactly why you'll like it -- but you will. |
| San Francisco ExaminerJeffrey M. AndersonMay be Elvis's raunchiest and most pleasing film, thanks mostly to co-star Ann-Margaret. |
| VarietyVariety StaffThe sizzling combination of Elvis Presley and Ann-Margaret is enough to carry Viva Las Vegas over the top. |
| Common Sense MediaCharles CassadyVegas ad is a nonstop song-and-dance delight. |
| Film Freak CentralBill ChambersIt's not magic, this movie, but it is alchemy of a kind... |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussJustly celebrated as the rare Elvis movie in which Presley is not just complemented but also challenged by a song-and-dance co-star of comparable sexual energy and anatomical expressiveness. |
| Chicago TribuneDonald LiebensonVulgar, spirited, and neglected director George Sidney meets his match with this 1964 Elvis Presley vehicle: Presley, Ann-Margret, and Las Vegas itself are all ready-made for his talents, which mainly have to do with verve and trashy kicks. |
| Movie MomNell MinowHallucinatory but fabulously entertaining. |
| Empire MagazineEmma CochraneElvis not only rocks the city of lights but also showed he could act. |