him, but decides to mug him anyway, as that would be even better for Maxie's purposes. Danny's father is so badly injured that he needs expensive surgery, so Maxie pays for a specialist to perform it. Maxie later blackmails Danny into signing with him by threatening to tell his father about his involvement in the mugging, and then does it anyway. Outraged, Danny pummels Maxie for the betrayal, deceit and treachery and helps Ronnie escape him. Maxie sends his henchmen after Danny. Shark and another gang member trap him in an alley. Danny knocks out one of his pursuers. Then Shark stabs Danny, but kills himself in the struggle. Ronnie finds a profusely bleeding Danny and takes him to her house on a bayou to recover. She asks him to forget her sordid past and to love her, even only for a short time. Danny replies that it would not be difficult to love her and kisses her. Maxie drives up, accompanied by Dummy (Jack Grinnage), a member of Danny's former gang. Maxie fatally shoots Ronnie. Dummy, who had been befriended by Danny, grapples with Maxie. The gun goes off, killing its owner. Danny returns to the King Creole, still mourning Ronnie. Nellie promises to wait for him. Then at the club he sings a sad song with the lines "Let's think of the future, forget the past, you're not my first love, but you're my last". Mr Fisher also shows up to listen to his son sing. Cast Elvis Presley as Danny Fisher Carolyn Jones as Ronnie, Maxie's mistress Walter Matthau as Maxie Fields, the local gangster Dolores Hart as Nellie, a five-and-dime employee who falls for Danny Dean Jagger as Mr. Fisher, Danny's father Liliane Montevecchi as Forty Nina, a stripper at the King Creole nightclub Vic Morrow as Shark, Maxie's lead thug Paul Stewart as Charlie LeGrand, owner of the King Creole Jan Shepard as Mimi Fisher, Danny's sister Brian G. Hutton as Sal, a member of Shark's gang. Jack Grinnage as Dummy, a mute member of Shark's gang. Dick Winslow as Eddie Burton Raymond Bailey as Mr. Evans, the school principal Gavin Gordon as Mr. Primont, drug store manager and Mr. Fisher's overbearing boss Production Hal Wallis acquired the rights to A Stone for Danny Fisher in February 1955 for $25,000, with the intention of giving the lead role of a New York boxer to either