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Kissin' Cousins (1964)

Kissin' Cousins poster
Directed by
Gene Nelson
Genre
musical film, romantic comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 41 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Air Force officer named Josh Morgan travels to the Smoky Mountains to convince his hillbilly relatives to sell their land for a missile base. He meets his blonde look-alike cousin Jodie Tatum and gets caught up in family antics and romantic misunderstandings.

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What happens

Kissin' Cousins is a 1964 American musical Panavision Metrocolor comedy film directed by Gene Nelson, and starring Elvis Presley. Written by Gerald Drayson Adams and Gene Nelson, and produced by Sam Katzman, the film features Presley in a dual role: Josh Morgan, a dark-haired Air Force officer, and Jodie Tatum, his blonde, look-alike distant cousin, a hillbilly who lives with his family in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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