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It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
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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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.
Rating:NR
Genre:Comedy, Music, Romance
Written By:Si Rose, Seaman Jacobs
In Theaters:4/3/1963
Box Office:
Runtime:105 minutes
Studio:Ted Richmond Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Norman Taurog
Director
Elvis Presley
Mike Edwards
Joan O'Brien
Diane Warren
Gary Lockwood
Danny Burke
Vicky Tiu
Sue-Lin
H.M. Wynant
Vince Bradley
Edith Atwater
Miss Steuben
Guy Raymond
Barney Thatcher
Dorothy Green
Miss Ettinger
Kam Tong
Uncle Walter Ling
Yvonne Craig
Dorothy Johnson
Jacqueline deWit
Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
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