Chadwick Gates (Presley) has just gotten out of the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surfboard, his beach buddies, and his girlfriend. His mother wants him to go to work at the Great Southern Hawaiian Fruit Company, but Chad is reluctant, so Chad goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency.



Primary cast:

Elvis Presley .... Chad Gates 
Joan Blackman .... Maile Duval 
Angela Lansbury .... Sarah Lee Gates 
Nancy Walters .... Abigail Prentice 
Jenny Maxwell .... Ellie Corbett 
Pamela Austin .... Selena (Sandy) Emerson (as Pamela Kirk) 
Darlene Tompkins .... Patsy Simon 
Christian Kay .... Beverly Martin 
Roland Winters .... Fred Gates 
John Archer .... Jack Kelman 
Howard McNear .... Mr. Chapman