| Elvis and the Beauty Queen | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gus Trikons |
| Produced by | Charles B. Fitzsimmons |
| Written by | Julia Cameron |
| Starring | Don Johnson Stephanie Zimbalist Ann Dusenberry Rick Lenz |
| Music by | Allyn Ferguson |
| Distributed by | NBC |
| Release date(s) | March 1, 1981[1] |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Language | English |
'Elvis and the Beauty Queen' is a 1981 made-for-TV film starring Don Johnson and Stephanie Zimbalist.[1]
The film focuses on the relationship between Elvis Presley and Linda Thompson, a young beauty pageant contestant who was his live-in girlfriend and traveling companion for the last four years of his life.[1] The story begins with their first meeting and traces their years together when Thompson tried to keep Presley off drugs in the last years of his career.[2] It aired on NBC-TV on March 1, 1981 at 9pm.[1]
Seven songs were recorded for the soundtrack in Nashville, Tennessee, with country singer Ronnie McDowell providing the vocals.[1] The band that backed Ronnie McDowell was The Glass Hammer, a Nashville based band. The Glass Hammer consisted of Joe Meador: Guitar, Don Lee: Lead Guitar, Bill Conn: Keyboards and Horns, Larry Leath: Bass, and Rick Judkins: Drums.[3]