CH4.RR0! (MOVIE - 1969 - 98 MINUTES) [RE-UP]

✩✩✩✩✩ EP'S TWENTIETH NINETH MOVIE! ✩✩✩✩✩
PLOT: Jess Wade, an outlaw looking for redemption, has to prove his innocence when his former gang steals a prized victory cannon from Mexico and blame the deed on him.
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TRIVIA:
- Shot on location at Apacheland Movie Ranch and Old Tucson Studios in Arizona.
- Working titles for the film included "Jack Valentine", "Johnny Hang", and "Come Hell or Come Sundown".
- Only movie in which Elvis wore a beard.
- Presley's only film in which he did not sing on-screen; the film featured no songs at all other than the main title theme, which is played over the opening credits.
- Final film for director Charles Marquis Warren, who also produced and wrote it.
- Only Presley film distributed by National General Pictures.
- The role of Jess Wade was originally offered to Clint Eastwood, who turned it down.
- Several explicit nudity and violence scenes were cut from the final film, toned down or removed from the script prior to shooting.
- Although successful, the film wasn't received as well as Presley's previous films; fans were put off by the lack of songs, and critics were generally unimpressed with it as a whole.
✩✩✩✩✩ Released March 13, 1969 ✩✩✩✩✩