It's just possible that this is the boy's best so far. For now, completely at ease, Elvis not only rocks but swings smoothly through the role of a kid who lands in jail for an accidental killing.

Even when trying to smoulder at the camera like a new Valentino, [Presley] suggests no real emotion, other than peevish petulance.

Mickey Shaughnessy turns in a good job as Elvis' cellmate and the guy who punches him in the voice box. Judy Tyler and Jennifer Holden adequately hold up the feminine angles to the picture.

Although he is far from a finished actor, Presley continues to show improvement and does fairly well in a somewhat unsympathetic characterization... The story is synthetic, but it has been given good direction and fits Presley's personality,