Easy Come, Easy Go
 Earlier titles for the film included Port of Call, A Girl in Every Port, Nice and Easy, and Easy Does It. |
Ted tracks down this descendant -- a vivacious young woman named Jo Symington, played by Dodie Marshall. Jo believes the chest contains pieces-of-eight. She agrees to help Ted if the money is given to the community arts center. Their attempts to retrieve the treasure are impeded by scoundrels Gil Carey and Dina Bishop.
Carey and Bishop steal Ted’s equipment and kidnap Captain Jack, but Ted tracks them down and rescues Jack. When Ted opens the chest, he discovers that the coins are copper, not gold. Ted donates the money for a down payment on a new arts center, winning Jo in the process.
Behind the Scenes of Easy Come, Easy Go
Elvis usually got along well with his directors; the
exception was John Rich, who directed Elvis in Roustabout and Easy Come, Easy
Go. More a television director than a film director, Rich managed to snag some
big-screen assignments during the mid-1960s. His film work tended to be glossy
but uninspired. Rich and Elvis did not get along on the set of Roustabout, and
their mutual feelings of animosity did not disappear by the time cameras rolled
on Easy Come, Easy Go.
One afternoon, Elvis and Red West were trying to do a
scene together but were hampered by a case of the giggles. Angered by what he
felt was unprofessional behavior, Rich threw all of Elvis’s buddy-bodyguards
off the set. Elvis was furious. He put everything into perspective for Rich and
the film’s producers when he frankly told them, "Now, just a minute. We’re
doing these movies because it’s supposed to be fun, nothing more. Now when they
cease to be fun, then we’ll cease to do them." If that had only been the case...
| Cast of Easy Come, Easy Go | |
| Character | Actor |
| Ted Jackson | Elvis Presley |
| Jo Symington | Dodie Marshall |
| Dina Bishop | Pat Priest |
| Judd Whitman | Pat Harrington, Jr. |
| Gil Carey | Skip Ward |
| Madame Neherina | Elsa Lanchester |
| Captain Jack | Frank McHugh |
| Lt. Marty Schwartz | Sandy Kenyon |
| Cooper | Ed Griffith |
| Lieutenant Tomkins | Reed Morgan |
| Lieutenant Whitehead | Mickey Elley |
| Vicki | Elaine Beckett |
| Mary | Shari Nims |
| Zoltan | Diki Lerner |
| Tanya | Kay York |
| Artist | Robert Isenberg |
| Naval Officer | Tom Hatten |
| Coin Dealer | Jonathan Hole |
Songs Featured in Easy Come, Easy Go
- Easy Come, Easy Go
- The Love Machine
- Yoga Is as Yoga Does
- You Gotta Stop
- Sing, You Children
- I’ll Take Love
Credits for Easy Come, Easy Go
- Paramount Pictures
- Produced by Hal B. Wallis
- Directed by John Rich
- Screenplay by Allan Weiss and Anthony Lawrence
- Photographed in Technicolor by William Margulies
- Music by Joseph J. Lilley
- Vocal accompaniment by The Jordanaires
- Choreographed by David Winters
- Released March 22, 1967
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