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It Happened at the World's Fair

It Happened at the World's Fair

Swinging higher than the space needle with the gals and the songs at the famous Worlds Fair!

19635.71h 45m

Overview

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.

Directed by Norman Taurog
Written by Si Rose, Seaman Jacobs
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Top Cast

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

Mike Edwards

Joan O'Brien

Joan O'Brien

Diane Warren

Gary Lockwood

Gary Lockwood

Danny Burke

Vicky Tiu

Vicky Tiu

Sue-Lin

H.M. Wynant

H.M. Wynant

Vince Bradley

Edith Atwater

Edith Atwater

Miss Steuben

Guy Raymond

Guy Raymond

Barney Thatcher

Dorothy Green

Dorothy Green

Miss Ettinger

Kam Tong

Kam Tong

Uncle Walter Ling

Yvonne Craig

Yvonne Craig

Dorothy Johnson

Themes & Keywords

airplaneuniversal exhibitioncrop dustermetrocolor

About It Happened at the World's Fair

It Happened at the World's Fair is a comedy, music, romance film released in 1963 exploring themes of airplane, universal exhibition, crop duster, metrocolor. Directed by Norman Taurog, it stars Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood. 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.

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