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Blue Hawaii

Ecstatic romance... Exotic dances... Exciting music IN THE WORLD'S LUSHEST PARADISE OF SONG!

6.0(162)19611h 42m3

Just discharged GI Chad Gates returns to Hawaii, where he becomes a tour guide, defying his mother's wishes for him to join the family business.

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Status
Released
Budget
$2M
Box office
$8.4M
Language
French
  • hawaii
  • musical
  • romcom
  • tiki culture

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Writers

Hal Kanter

Produced in

United States of America

Where to watch

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPGLos Angeles, California22 Nov 1961
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU9 Feb 1962
    • PhysicalPGVHS3 Jan 1986
    • PhysicalPGDVD23 Nov 2001
  • AustraliaAU

    • PhysicalGVHS1 Jan 1984
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical61 Apr 1962
  • BelgiumBE

    • TV1622 Nov 1961
  • BrazilBR

    • TheatricalLIMDB9 Jul 1962
    • Physical10Videolar mj.gov.br1 Mar 2010
  • DenmarkDK

    • TheatricalA15 Jun 1962
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical621 Apr 1962
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical1216 Aug 1987
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalPG9 Mar 1962
  • NorwayNO

    • Theatrical922 Nov 1961
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical1522 Nov 1961

Frequently asked questions

Blue Hawaii was released on 22 November 1961.

Audience reviews

2
  • W

    Wuchak

    11/8/2020

    7/10

    _**Elvis goes to Hawaii**_ After a two-year enlistment in the service, Chad Gates (Presley) returns home to Hawaii, but prefers the genuineness of the Polynesians and blazing his own trail to being the heir to his parents’ pineapple plantation. With his half-Caucasian/half-Polynesian girlfriend (Joan Blackman) he tries his hand as a tour guide. Angela Lansbury is on hand as the amusingly snooty mother. “Blu…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    5/25/2024

    6/10

    I'd been watching this for ages before I realised that it was actually the real life Angela Lansbury (aged 35) playing Elvis's mother - he being 25 years old at the time! A bit of much needed cinematic licence in this otherwise really rather staged romantic comedy that doesn't really do anyone any favours. Having returned from Germany, "Chad" is at a loss as to what to do. He doesn't want to join the family fruit bus…

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