Wow what an uneven movie. A congressman gives an Indian twenty heifers and a bull. If they can raise cattle successfully then more Indians will get some. The Indian given the cattle is played by Burgess Meredith. Why he took this role is beyond me. He is made up to look like an idiot and acts like one too. Elvis is his son and he shows up just in time to get everything messed up. Almost every Indian is a white man in bad make up. There are several wild parties with lots of booze, women and fighting. Sure makes the Indians look good. At the first party they have a BBQ with, did you guess?, the bull. Elvis then borrows another bull who just sleeps, until someone tries to ride that is. Now this bull is a Hereford. I have never seen one of those in the bull ring. Setting up a rodeo with the never ridden bull Joe takes on all comers, is the only one to ride the bull and wins a ton of money. Meanwhile Meredith's wife has sold off all the rest of the stock to fix their hovel of a shack up for the visiting mother of her daughter's fiancée. This turns out soooo well!! A fight breaks out, the fiancée's mother faints, the house ends up trashed, a mother shows up with a shotgun to force Elvis to marry her daughter, plus they are repoing his cars. So no cows, no bull, no future. Wait Elvis takes his winnings and shows up with about a hundred head to appease the congressman and keep papa out of jail. This movie is kind of uneven and not that well written, in other words a typical Elvis movie. Though titled a musical there is not very much music.
Review of Stay Away, Joe
