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Elvis

Feb 10, 1979 | IMDB 6.8

168 min Watch Now

Drama, Music, TV Movie, History

This biopic traces Elvis Presley’s life from his impoverished childhood to his meteoric rise to stardom to his triumphant conquering of Las Vegas.

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Kurt Russell, Shelley Winters, Bing Russell, Robert Gray, Pat Hingle, Season Hubley, Melody Anderson, Ed Begley Jr., James Canning, Charles Cyphers

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