“Come With Elvis to Fabulous Acapulco!”
Mike Windgren works on a boat in Acapulco, but when the bratty daughter of the boat owner gets him fired, Mike finds new work as a lifeguard and singer at a local hotel. Tensions increase when Mike runs into the rival lifeguard—who is also the champion diver of Mexico.
Elvis Presley
Mike Windgren
Ursula Andress
Marguerita Dauphin
Elsa Cárdenas
Dolores Gomez
Paul Lukas
Maximillian Dauphin
Larry Domasin
Raoul Almeido
Alejandro Rey
Moreno
Robert Carricart
Jose Garcia
Teri Hope
Janie Harkins
Teri Garr
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Charles Evans
Mr. Harkins (uncredited)
Fun in Acapulco is a music, comedy, romance film released in 1963 exploring themes of musical, acapulco, mexico. Directed by Richard Thorpe, it stars Elvis Presley, Ursula Andress, Elsa Cárdenas. Mike Windgren works on a boat in Acapulco, but when the bratty daughter of the boat owner gets him fired, Mike finds new work as a lifeguard and singer at a local hotel. Tensions increase when Mike runs into the rival lifeguard—who is also the champion diver of Mexico.
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