Coins in Movies - Elvis Presley in Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)
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While waiting to see the Netflix film "Coin Heist" that everyone is raving about and watching the rain fall, and it being Elvis' birthday, I had to watch one of his films.
The 1967 Paramount Pictures film "Easy Come, Easy Go" features Elvis Presley as a former US Navy diver who discovers a sunken ship and attempts to retrieve the contents.
Along the way he meets a pretty go-go dancer and yoga student and a pair of rival treasure hunters. The film story location is not made specific but is most likely Southern California.
The treasure consists of a traditional treasure chest supposedly filled with Argentine silver "pieces of eight" or eight reales coins which are dollar-sized silver coins made by the Spanish colonies and their independent successors.
Some large prop coins are used for the coins in the film.
Closeups of the underwater prop coin
The prop coin appears to be a large size imitation of an ancient Greek silver tetradrachm with the profile of the nymph Arethusa.
A final scene is set in a 1960's coin store where Elvis and his companions try to sell the coins.
Coin dealer's store
The dealer's store is filled with coin collecting supplies of the 1960's including blue Whitman albums.
The dealer tells Elvis and his friends that the coins are copper not silver.
Elvis and Jo the go-go dancer are unhappy or "all shook up"
Elvis' group does get some cash and they give it to a hippie commune.
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Comments
Although I did appreciate his songs (I was a young fellow at the time), I never did watch his movies... and still would not. Just not my interest.... very few movies today interest me....mostly they are comprised of poor acting, special effects and implausible plots. Cheers, RickO
i liked his music, didnt care for the movies though. just saying
He was not a good actor But what a showman.