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Overview

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Director:
Don Siegel
Writers:
Clair Huffaker (screenplay) and
Nunnally Johnson (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
20 December 1960 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Western more
Tagline:
CHOOSE!... Between your white father and your Kiowa mother !
Plot:
Sam Burton's second wife Neddy is Indian, their son Pacer a half-breed. As struggle starts between the whites and the Kiowas... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Elvis's best film. more
US TV Schedule:
Sat. July 255:00 AMAMC   

Cast

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Elvis Presley ... Pacer Burton
Steve Forrest ... Clint Burton

Barbara Eden ... Roslyn Pierce

Dolores del Rio ... Neddy Burton (as Dolores Del Rio)
John McIntire ... Sam 'Pa' Burton
Rodolfo Acosta ... Buffalo Horn (as Rudolph Acosta)
Karl Swenson ... Dred Pierce
Ford Rainey ... Doc Phillips
Richard Jaeckel ... Angus Pierce
Anne Benton ... Dorothy Howard
L.Q. Jones ... Tom Howard
Douglas Dick ... Will Howard

Tom Reese ... Jute
Marian Goldina ... Ph'sha Knay
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Black Heart (USA) (working title)
Black Star (USA) (working title)
Flaming Heart (USA) (working title)
Flaming Lance (USA) (pre-release title)
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Runtime:
101 min | USA:92 min (FMC Library Print)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (MPAA rating: certificate #19729) | West Germany:12 (f) | Australia:PG | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Elvis Presley had another song in the film, "Summer Kisses, Winter Tears", which was cut after preview audiences laughed at the staging (Elvis singing to the Indians around a campfire, accompanied by a chief on war drums). A studio version of the tune was recorded, but the original "Indian" version was only resurrected recently on the German "Elvis: Double Features" CD collection. more
Quotes:
Sam 'Pa' Burton: [at Neddy Burton's funeral] One thing from the bible she liked. "And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living." To me, Neddy, you were the mother of all living. You were life itself. God... just one thing... take care of this woman. Amen. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Elvis in the Movies (1990) more
Soundtrack:
Flaming Star more

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8 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Elvis's best film., 29 March 2003
Author: Samoan Bob from Menifee, California

Elvis stars as a half-Indian in this exciting Don Siegel-helmed Western with a ton of action and a meanstreak. Elvis's character is surprisingly tough and hard-assed, plus the songs are kept to a minimum (he sings the title song and does a little hoe-down at the beginning...that's it). Anyway, Indians are massacring farmers in an attempt to take back their land, and Elvis is torn between the Indians and the racist white folk. Elvis gives a great, understated performance...he seems aware that this is a Siegel film, not an Elvis film. All in all it's the King's best foray into filmland.

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