Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981)

3.9/10 • 100 min • Drama Music TV Movie

Overview

Don Johnson stars as Elvis Presley in this made-for-TV true story about The King's love affair with Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), a young beauty pageant contestant who was his live-in girlfriend and traveling companion for the last four years of his life. 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.

Cast

Don Johnson

Elvis Presley

Stephanie Zimbalist

Linda Thompson

Ann Dusenberry

Jeannie LeMay

Rick Lenz

David Briggs

Ann Wedgeworth

Aunt Betty

Richard Herd

Sanford Thompson

Jay W. MacIntosh

Marge Thompson

Ruta Lee

Su-Su

Edward Edwards

Sam Thompson

John Crawford

Vernon Presley

Darrell Fetty

Pete Moore

Gary Lee Davis

Ray

John Ashton

Jake

Tony Giorgio

Mob Figure

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