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starring: Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, Bill Bixby, Gale Gordon, William Schallertdirected by: Norman Taurog
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304479797
Format: Color, Original recording reissued, Soundtrack, NTSC
ISBN: 6304479794
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: July 08, 1997
Running Time: 94 minutes
Sales Rank: 25095
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: June 12, 1968
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Elvis looks sleek and cool in Speedway, a decided improvement over the pasty indifference he displayed in his middle-era range of pictures. The movie itself is standard Presley formula, with the King again playing a race-car driver, this time in trouble with an IRS agent (Nancy Sinatra) over his taxes. (There's even a production number about taxes. Argggh.) On the plus side, a bunch of scenes are set in the Hangout, a Pulp Fiction-esque diner with booths shaped like cars and lots of dancers doing the frug. Nancy sings a cool-weird Lee Hazlewood tune, 'Your Groovy Self,' which should have been picked up by the Austin Powers folks. The plot reflects Elvis's real-life penchant for giving money and cars away, although it's mostly predatory manager Bill Bixby who causes the financial problems. As ho-hum as this outing is, you'll probably want one of Elvis's racing-stripe windbreakers after you see it. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Speedway
Again, I'm writing this review for my husband. He loves all things Elvis. He enjoyed the movie very much.
Rating:  - Racers other than Elvis
I give Elvis a thumbs up on this one. "Speedway" is entertaining, perhaps not his best film, but definitely worth watching. Elvis was in his prime (physically) for this entry.
But mainly, I dropped in here to let folks know that there's a movie (a pretty awful one) about Tiny Lund, who co-starred in "Speedway," and who was a REAL racecar driver. Tiny, a huge and endearing fellow, won the Daytona 500 in 1963. It's called "Tiny Lund: Hard Charger!" If you're a drooling NASCAR fan you might ... Read More
Rating:  - Not Elvis' best, but still entertaining
By 1968, Elvis was wishing his film contact was over. None of his movies could really be said to have high artistic value, although his pre-army movies like Jail-House Rock had some artistic merit, and in them he showed that when he was interested in a project, he had some not bad acting ability.
His post-army films (except King Creole) were more geared toward slick entertainment, exploiting his name and image, and they were very formulaic -- BUT, his early '60's movies were also very entertaining. ... Read More
Rating: - I love Elvis Preseley
Thank you for such fast service . I am very pleased with my purchase.
Rating: - A cool movie!
ENTERTAINING film with a GREAT looking cover! LETTER-BOXED and restored! I love reading all of the negative reviews here on AMAZON...shows it takes all kinds of people to make a world. These films were made for ELVIS fans and to be ENTERTAINING...I have no idea how someone could even compare ELVIS and NANCY SINATRA to BEN and JENNIFER LOPEZ?
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