It Happened at the World's Fair
“Swinging higher than the space needle with the gals and the songs at the famous Worlds Fair!”
Mike Edwards and Danny Burke fly a cropduster, but due to Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custody of it. Trying to earn money, they hitchhike to the World's Fair in Seattle and, while Danny tries to earn money playing poker, Mike cares for a small girl whose father has disappeared.
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Cast
19 people
Elvis Presley
Mike Edwards
Known for
Jailhouse Rock
Viva Las Vegas
Joan O'Brien
Diane Warren
Known for
Operation Petticoat
The Alamo
Gary Lockwood
Danny Burke
Known for
2001: A Space Odyssey
Model Shop
Vicky Tiu
Sue-Lin
No other roles listed
H.M. Wynant
Vince Bradley
Known for
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Marlowe
Edith Atwater
Miss Steuben
Known for
The Body Snatcher
Family Plot
Guy Raymond
Barney Thatcher
Known for
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
4D Man
Dorothy Green
Miss Ettinger
Known for
The Big Heat
The Six Million Dollar Man
Kam Tong
Uncle Walter Ling
Known for
Across the Pacific
Yvonne Craig
Dorothy Johnson
Known for
Batman
In Like Flint
Jacqueline deWit
Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
Known for
All That Heaven Allows
Twice-Told Tales
Kurt Russell
Child who kicks Mike at the fair (uncredited)
Known for
The Hateful Eight
The Thing
Norman Taurog Director · Si Rose Writer Seaman Jacobs Writer
Worldwide gross $2.5M · United States release April 3, 1963 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,500,000
Production
Ted Richmond Productions
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 3, 1963
Theatrical
Austria
December 1, 1963 · Theatrical
Germany
November 29, 1963 · Theatrical
Japan
December 3, 1963 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 30, 1963 · Theatrical
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