G.I. Blues

In the opening scene when Elvis and another soldier are loading ammunition into the tank, the shells being loaded are much to large for the main tank gun, which was 90mm on the M48 tank.

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No sooner had Elvis Presley been honorably discharged from the Army, than work cranked up on a movie based on his active duty service in West Germany. That was in March of 1960, but the idea for the film had been hatched by Presley's manager and others before that.

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This was Elvis' first movie after his Army release the 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 32nd Armored was Presley's regiment when he was in the Army with the 3rd Armored Division in Germany, so it was used for the film the soundtrack album went to No. 1 on Billboard and spent over two years (111 weeks) on the Billboard charts.

(Flash Review)Elvis plays Tulsa who is US soldier stationed in Germany. He plays guitar, sings and is trying to start his own night club and is looking for investors.

Elvis's first film back after his military service is not as good as his best film King Creole nor as flashy and fun as Viva Las Vegas but still falls into the plus category as far as his films go. He has a talented co-star in Juliet Prowse, her exotic brand of sex appeal adds a nice component that adds a different spice to the movie.

This is Elvis. If I had to explain, you would not understand.

Early on, in Elvis' list of films. Fresh out of the actual military service, Elvis plays Tulsa, soldier, stationed in Germany, and is saving up, with his friends, to buy a nightclub.

An American tank specialist serving in Deutschland (Presley) dreams of running his own nightclub and bets that he can win the favor of a hard-to-get German performer with legs from here to Frankfurt (Juliet Prowse). Robert Ivers is on hand as the protagonist's soldier pal.