Charro! is a 1969 American western film starring Elvis Presley shot on location at Apacheland Movie Ranch and Old Tucson Studios in Arizona. It was his only role that did not feature him singing on-screen, and is the only Presley film to feature no songs at all except for the main title theme. It also features a bearded Presley for the first and last time in any of his films.

The film co-starred Ina Balin, Victor French, Barbara Werle, and Solomon Sturges and was the final for director Charles Marquis Warren. It was also the only Presley film released to theaters by National General Pictures. The film made a profit but was not a runaway success, and remains one of Presley's least-seen films despite it being among his best in terms of a 'straight' (non-musical) acting performance.

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This video montage features various scenes from the 1969 film all put to the movie's main theme music, "Charro!", from the film's composer, Hugo Montenegro, and a fully restored version of Presley singing the title tune. The clips are taken from the remastered 2007 DVD in which painstaking effort was made to restore the film to its original 35mm print quality and the results are outstanding. The title song sung by Presley is from the restoration from an original vinyl copy pressed at the RCA Hollywood plant with 3S matrix. There is also one scene included with dialog between Jess Wade (Elvis Presley) and his main adversary, Vince (Victor French).

Celebrating Film Preservation.

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