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Frankie and Johnny (1966) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Frederick de Cordova and produced by Edward Small and Alex Gottlieb.

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Johnny: Don't worry. Did you ever know a gambler who couldn't promote a little betting money?
Gypsy: You also need Chesay.
Cully: Chesay? Who's that?
Gypsy: Chesay is gypsy good luck!


Johnny: Are you a real redhead?
Nellie Bly: I'm a real everything.
Johnny: What's your lucky number?
Nellie Bly: 1. One at a time.
Johnny: One it is. Would you mind giving them your magic touch? Just for luck. You better get the bottom one too. By this time tomorrow, this ship should be the S.S. Johnny. What's your name, Lucky?
Nellie Bly: Nellie. Nellie Bly.
Johnny: Welcome aboard!
Cully: That's it, Bly! I need a name to rhyme with "eye" for a new song I'm writing. Now I got it. Nellie Bly!
Johnny: You're going to be made famous in a song.
Nellie Bly: Well, I've tried every other way.
Johnny: [as the roulette wheel spins] I don't even have to look. I know it's going to be number 1.
[finally the tiny silver ball falls into the number "1" slot of the wheel]
Cully: Ha! Ha! Maybe that gypsy knew something.
Johnny: Maybe? My future just got here!


Cully: I lost it, Peg. All of it, honest.
Johnny: Yeah, he loaned me the last $5.
Peg: Now you stay out of this. Just to convince me, you take off your shoes.
Cully: My shoes?
Peg: [shouts] Off!
Johnny: Love and trust. That's what makes a marriage great.
Peg: Yeah!
Cully: See? I could never lie to you.
Peg: Ha! Ha! Ha!
[Peg finds a $10 bill in Cully's shoe]
Peg: Well... there's a $10 lie.
Cully: Now, how did that get in there?
Peg: I wonder. Oh!
[Leaves angry]
Johnny: Goodbye, gypsy.
[Cully takes off his other shoe and gives Johnny two hidden $10 bills]
Johnny: Hello, Zolita!


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Elvis Presley started working on the film on 11 April 1965.
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Also released in 1966




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