When crooner Guy Lambert wraps his London show and travels to Brussels, two beauties secretly follow. One (Annette Day) is a lovestruck heiress, the other (Yvonne Romain) an enigmatic temptress. And they could be two too much for the attached Guy. Comedy, mystery and mayhem combine when Elvis Presley plays Guy in Double Trouble, a romp involving stolen gems, trenchcoated defectives – that is, detectives! – and more. Through it all, a guy’s gotta do what a guy’s gotta do. That means performing a tune array that include the title tune “City By Night”, “Could I Fall in Love?” “Long-Legged Girl” and “There’s So Much World to See”. Trouble was never this cool and this much fun.

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Video Quality

Warner Archive presents Double Trouble with a stunning new 1080p master transfer in 2.35:1 sourced from a 4K restoration of the Original Camera Negative. Warner Archive never fails to deliver a top-notch transfer as they continue to put a spotlight on these bubbly features of a bygone era. The film showcases some dynamic colors within the costumes and European production design that pop off the screen with an intense vibrancy. The level of discrete detail and clarity is stunning with the perfect amount of natural film grain intact. The film is essentially flawless with no noticeable instances of damage or dirt detected here. Black levels are robust with a grand stability throughout. Compression artifacts, banding, and other such issues are never present in this transfer. This presentation is another winner for Warner Archive on all fronts.

Audio Quality

The Blu-Ray comes with a DTS-HD 2.0 Master Audio track that is terrific. The highlight for many will be hearing Elvis sing his songs, and this track spotlights them with unrivaled fidelity. Dialogue and background noises are represented favorably along with the tunes. There is no noticeable age-related wear and tear to the track such as humming, hissing, or popping. No elements ever drown out the dialogue that is being spoken here. While mostly dialogue and music-driven throughout, the more thrilling moments are easily handled and give the track a boost. Warner Archive has provided a disc that sounds first-rate in all respects. There are optional English (SDH) subtitles included for the feature film.

Special Features

Rock ‘n’ Rodent: A nearly seven-minute Tom and Jerry cartoon is provided here in HD. In this short, Jerry gives himself over to the power of music while Tom finds it impossible to sleep.

Surf-Bored Cat: A nearly seven-minute Tom and Jerry cartoon is provided here in HD. In this short, the titular pair find themselves on a cruise where Tom attempts to surfboard to horrible results.

Theatrical Trailer: The two-and-a-half-minute trailer is provided here.

Final Thoughts

Double Trouble is a rather throwaway effort from Elvis as he gallivants around Europe with his underage paramore while narrowly escaping a rather slapped-together inheritance assassination plot. That being said, fans of the artist likely won’t care too much and are bound to enjoy a breezy escapade with The King. The songs featured in the movie are not the most catchy (really, a take on “Old MacDonald?), but they generally get the job done. Warner Archive has released a Blu-Ray with a virtually flawless A/V presentation and a fun array of special features. If you are an Elvis fan, this is an easy recommendation, but newcomers should start with the numerous better movies out there from the artist.

Double Trouble can be purchased directly through MovieZyng or various other online retailers.

Note: Images presented in this review are not reflective of the image quality of the Blu-Ray.

Disclaimer: Warner Archive has supplied a copy of this disc free of charge for review purposes. All opinions in this review are the honest reactions of the author.