ELVIS PLAYING DUAL ROLES Scene from the movie with Yvonne Craig and Pamela Austin. MOVIE DIRECTORY MOVIE TRAILER KISSIN' COUSINS LOCATION "KISSIN' COUSINS" is a 1964 American musical comedy film directed by Gene Nelson and written by Gerald Drayson Adams and Gene Nelson. The screenplay was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award in the category of Best Written American Musical. However, "MARY POPPINS" won for the year. LOCATION KISSIN' COUSINS "KISSIN' COUSINS" was set in the Great Smokey Mountains in the hills of Tennessee, but filmed in California at Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, and the MGM studios. PREVIOUS BOX OFFICE BOX OFFICE Publicity still from the movie Kissin' Cousins KISSIN' COUSINS "KISSIN' COUSINS" was produced by Dick Fitzwell for Four-Leaf Productions, and was distributed in the United States by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on Friday, March 6, 1964. The film reached #11 on the Variety National Box Office Chart, earned $2.8 million in the United States, and finished #26 on the year-end list of the top-grossing movies of 1964. LOCATION CAST CAST KISSIN' COUSINS BOX OFFICE PLOT NEXT Elvis Presley as Josh Morgan and Jodie Tatum Glenda Farrell as Ma Tatum Arthur O'Connell as Pappy Tatum Jack Albertson as Captain Robert Salbo Pamela Austin as Selena Tatum Cynthia Pepper as Midge Yvonne Craig as Azalea Tatum Donald Woods as General Alvin Donford Tommy Farrell as Sgt. William George Bailey Elvis played two roles in the film, an Air Force officer with dark hair and his look-alike cousin with blond hair. Lance LeGault was the stunt double for Elvis during the action shots between the identical characters. PLOT KISSIN' COUSINS SOUNDTRACK CAST BACK TO MOVIE DIRECTORY MOVIE RENTAL OR PURCHASE Elvis Presley plays Air Force Second Lieutenant, Josh Morgan. He goes on assignment to the Great Smoky Mountains to convince his distant relatives on his mother's side, to lease a part of their land to the Army to build an ICMB missile site. His mission is complicated when he meets his look-alike cousin, Jodie Tatum (also played by Elvis Presley). Josh negotiates a deal with Pappy Tatum (played by Arthur O'Connell) to sell one side of his mountain to the government as long as government employees don't trespass on Tatum's side and interfere with Pappy's moonshining. Josh also encounters two country cousins, Azalea Tatum (played by Yvonne Craig) and Selena Tatum (played by Pamela Austin), who compete to win Josh's affection. Josh eventually chooses Azalea and pairs off Selena with his friend Master Sergeant William Bailey (played by Tommy Farrell). Jodie, on the other hand, falls for PFC Midge Riley (played by Cynthia Pepper), an Air Force WAC. SOUNDTRACK MOVIE POSTER The soundtrack for the 1964 film "Kissin' Cousins" was released as an album. The album was released on April 2, 1964, and features twelve songs, all performed by Elvis. PLOT BACK TO MOVIE DIRECTORY