Harum Scarum

Elvis is American performer Johnny Tyronne kidnapped in the Middle East, also enraptured with a local princess, thus the song credited to Joy Byers (one of many later claimed by her husband, record producer Bob Johnston), encouraged by Fran Jeffries, in Harum Scarum, 1965.

Elvis Presley here plays American entertainer Johnny, somewhere in the Middle East to premiere his new movie, helping some local dancing girls earn their living with a tune credited to Bill Giant, Bernie Baum and Florence Kaye, pickpocket Billy Barty working the crowd, in Harum Scarum, 1965.

An American film star is kidnapped in the Middle East in Harum Scarum (1965) starring Elvis Presley.