 Elvis is Charlie Rogers, a leather-jacketed biker who s fired from a singing engagement after getting into a fight with a group of college toughs. While riding his cycle to the next gig, an irate dad runs him off the road when he flirts with his daughter. He s forced to hook up with a traveling carnival until his bike can be fixed. The carnival is run by a tough old broad (Barbara Stanwyck), a broken-down drunk (Leif Ericson) and his nubile daughter (Joan Freeman). Along the way, Elvis (who s got a chip on his shoulder about being an orphan) somehow learns about family values from this vaguely dysfunctional one. Pat Buttram makes hay as a scheming rival carny based on the legend of Presley s real-life manager, Colonel Tom Parker.