This is another movie vehicle for Elvis and his music. He plays a singing motorcycle rider with a big chip on his shoulder towards college kids and people in general. He gets run off the road by an angry carny driving a jeep when Elvis tries to pass him. Barbara Stanwick is the carnival owner riding in the jeep. Since the bike is not ride able and his guitar is smashed she offers him a job as a roustabout until his bike and guitar are fixed/replaced. Of course there is a love interest in the carnival. She is the daughter of Joe. Joe is the reason the carnival is in hock to the bank because he was drunk when he set up a ride and customers got hurt. Elvis's singing starts to bring in a lot of customers including teens so the financial out look is very good as long as he stays. Staying with the bad boy image he liked but really couldn't carry off he finds trouble at the carnival. Finding a wallet lost by a customer he keeps it for several hours. He is finally on his way to return it and get, guess who?, Joe out of the clink. Sidetracked in the cycle dome he falls, the wallet comes out, and the girls think he stole it. Getting ready to leave Joe shows up and punches him a few times. Elvis does not defend himself, probably since Joe is an old drunk and his love interest's father. Elvis leaves and signs with a big time carnival run by Mr. Haney from Green Acres. The daughter goes to the new carnival to get Elvis back but she can't go through with it. Elvis decides to go back to the first carnival and saves it for Barbara and, oh yeah, gets the girl naturally.

This is a very entertaining film. Elvis (Charlie Rogers) is a rebel biker who has a reputation as fighter and a womanizer. He makes a living as a traveling singer.Early on in the film he is fired for getting into a fight with a group of college toughs. While riding his bike to the next engagement, the father of a girl he was flirting with tries to run him off the road. To make ends meet, and to earn enough money to repair his bike, he joins up with a traveling carnival. The carnival is run by Maggie Moran, played by legendary actress Barbara Stanwyck. Elvis falls quickly for her lovely daughter Cathy, (Joan Freeman). The film takes off from there. It's a wonderful adventure and is sure to entertain. Plus there are some great music tracks. "Little Egypt", "Roustabout", and "Big Love, Big Heartache" are great examples. The soundtrack went to #1 on the Billboard charts. Some fun facts: Raquel Welch has a bit part at the very beginning of the film, and Teri Garr is one of the dancers. The title song, Roustabout is one everyone remembers. However Elvis also recorded another song for the film called "I'm a Roustabout". "Roustabout" was picked and "I'm a Roustabout" was never released. The song was recently discovered and was released as a bonus track on a CD in 2003. The motorcycle Elvis rides throughout the movie is a Honda 305 Superhawk.

An amazingly banal soundtrack,this tale of love, strife & life on the road has "The Pelvis" as his most unlovable character of all his classic Saturday afternoon time-killers. If that weren't enough right there, it's also probably the best sugar-coating Hollywood could ever do about the life of a "carny"-type.Features Our Hero jauntily (and experienced riders would say, uneasily) motoring about the land on his might Honda 350 Dream, his gee-tar strapped on the back of his leather jacket. I think it's the same one he wore a few years later in his TV special, but I could be wrong about that. At least he's clothed, unlike that time Jerry Lee Lewis & he took a late-night Memphis MC ride Au natural! Come on...I love Elvis, but when you see stuff like this, you know he wasn't too serious about winning any Academy Awards. The songs are strictly for those that like Elvis prior to his larger "Hunka Hunka Burnin' Love" period that most of his imitators emulate. They're short, too, and easy to learn for those family singalongs . I've found the soundtrack to be a lifesaver on those long, hard rides across the land on MY Honda. No, folks...this is a somewhat lean, and pretty mean (especially to his love interest) Presley. Similar to "Speedway", except no singing female co-star. "Thank yew vera much!"

In this movie, Elvis plays Charlie Rogers who has a really bad attitude. This character has quite a chip on his shoulder. It took some time until this character grew on me. This was his last very strong movie until Charro! Once again the plot was great as was the supporting cast which featured the late Leif Erickson the late Barbara Stanwick to name a few. I give this movie five stars