I have a feeling scripts were lying on shelves until studios rang filmmakers to tell them “We’ll make your film but only if it can have Elvis Presley in it” as the movies starring Elvis Presley (“G.I. Blues”, “Blue Hawaii”) are terrible and only offer Elvis instead of story, characters and anything else a movie requires. “Kid Galahad” with Elvis is a remake of a 1937 film with the same name.

This time, Elvis stars as Walter Gulick, who has just left the army. For money he decides to take up boxing, which is where he gets the name ‘Kid Galahad’. Gulick doesn’t block or move so he gets hit a lot but he can take his opponents out with one hit. A gambler wishes to use Galahad as his pawn to make a load of money.

Elvis is a great singer so the singing bits are good. His acting skills are on par with Arnold Schwarzenegger (“Commando”) as he makes everything so amusing to listen to. I don’t think Elvis had any boxing skills as the fights in this are clearly faked and seem to be unlike any boxing match I’ve ever witnessed. Charles Bronson (“Death Wish”) is sort of good in it but his character lacks any depth or interestingness just like everyone else.

The fight scenes are hideously choreographed and very poorly filmed. They nowhere near the level of the ones featured in films such as the “Rocky” franchise. Everything else is done badly as well but it does at least have some comedic value and I’m sure Elvis fans will enjoy the music despite it not being among his best work. I wish Elvis had done a few films where he’d done something like him being an astronaut or being a tough police officer as those could have worked from a comedic point of view.