Love Me Tender is a 1956 American black-and-white CinemaScope motion picture directed by Robert D. Webb, and released by 20th Century Fox on November 21, 1956. The film, named after the song, stars Richard Egan, Debra Paget, and Elvis Presley in his film debut. It is in the Western genre with musical numbers. Because it was Presley's movie debut, it was the only time in his acting career that he did not receive top billing. Love Me Tender was originally to be titled The Reno Brothers, but when advanced sales of Presley's "Love Me Tender" single passed one million—a first for a... single—the film title was changed to match. Presley plays Clint Reno, the youngest of the four Reno brothers who stays home to take care of his mother and the family farm as older brothers Vance, Brett and Ray fight in the American Civil War for the Confederate Army. The family is mistakenly informed that eldest brother Vance has been killed on the battlefield. After four years of war, the brothers return home and find that Vance's girlfriend Cathy has married Clint.
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| Release date: | November 15, 1956 |
| Directed by: | Stanley Hough, Robert D. Webb |
| Runtime: | 89 Minutes |
| Producer: | David Weisbart |
| Editor: | Hugh S. Fowler |
| Music by: | Lionel Newman |
| Cinematography: | Leo Tover |
| Screenplay by: | Maurice Geraghty, Robert Buckner |
| Genre: | Musical, Western |