Weak adaptation of the hit Broadway musical marks the film debut of Dick Van Dyke, recreating his role from the theatrical version.  When Elvis-like superstar Conrad Birdie (Jesse Pearson) is recruited to go off to war and leave millions of screaming female fans stranded without his music, his managers decide to concoct a giant publicity stunt on the Ed Sullivan show to make sure he goes out with a bang: they will randomly select a lovely young American woman for whom to give his “last kiss” to on television.  When they pick the lucky little lass (Ann-Margret), it naturally throws her entire life for a loop.  Meanwhile, Van Dyke is the struggling composer who has been asked to write Birdie's last song while trying to survive a desperate fiancée (Janet Leigh) and an overbearing mother (Maureen Stapleton, who was actually the same age as Van Dyke).  Whatever was fresh and fun on the Broadway stage fizzles here: the musical numbers feel canned, the characterizations are annoying and even the choreography just seems like rehashed memories of better days.