He’s the youngest of four brothers who fought for the south in the civil war. The three come home to find out that Elvis married the oldest son Vance’s girl, because everyone thought Vance had died. Meanwhile, the Yankees know that Vance and the other brothers were part of a group that stole an army payroll when the war ended.  

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There’s a whole lot of dealing with the two brothers involved with the same girl, and those damn Yankees wanting their money back, which only leaves a little time for Elvis to sing on the porch with the family and do two or three songs (with his band!) at the big town schoolhouse raising. No one seems to mind that he’s playing music that wouldn’t be invented for 90 years, or that Elvis is shaking his pelvis in a manner that would have had him sent to a preacher to have the devil beat out of him right quick in the South in 1865. The crowd of swooning teenage girls he’s singing to seems to be willing to excuse it, so I guess I can too.

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One thing that caught my eye in the credits was that the songs were partly attributed to Elvis, which seemed odd. It turns out that Colonel Tom managed to get the songs credited to Elvis so that he got royalties for them. That Col. Tom was always thinking.

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Acting: 7 Elvises

Musical Performances: 8 Elvises

Best Song: Poor Boy

UPDATE: I remembered other categories I had planned...

Stunts: One train robbery, with shootout. Several non-PETA friendly horse chases. A few shootouts.

Cringe Factor: The “Jealous Elvis loses it and slaps around his wife” scene did NOT age well. 

Kissin’: None.