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Director:

Don Siegel

Writers:

Clair Huffaker (screenplay) and
Nunnally Johnson (screenplay) ...
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Contact:

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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:

A man caught between two cultures. more (39 total)


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:

The original paperback version of this novel by Clair Huffaker was entitled "Flaming Lance". more

Quotes:

One Indian: Kiowa Pacer. Is it true, earth, round like ball, white man live on all sides?
Pacer Burton: That is true.
Another Indian: Tell me, why men on bottom not fall off?
Pacer Burton: I've never been there. Maybe they do.
[they all laugh]
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Movie Connections:

Featured in Elvis at the Movies (2002) (V) more

Soundtrack:

Flaming Star more


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A man caught between two cultures., 20 October 1999
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Author: Michael O'Keefe from Muskogee OK

Famed director Don Siegel places Elvis Presley in west Texas following the Civil War. His character is part white and Kiowa Indian. Fighting breaks out and Pacer Burton(Elvis) has trouble deciding to stand with his father and brother or join his mother's people. This western-drama has Elvis singing a couple of trivial numbers. The title song, "Flaming Star" is one of Elvis' most haunting, but memorable. The cast is rounded out by Steve Forrest, Delores Del Rio, Barbara Eden and John McIntire. Very much worth a look see. Critics spoke higher than the fans on this one.

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