Flaming Star (1960)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Don Siegel

Writers:

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

Release Date:

20 December 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Western

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...

Plot Keywords:

Reference To Adam And Eve | Elvis Presley | Beautiful Woman | Racing | Based On Novel

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 25

5:00 AM

AMC

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Black Heart (USA) (working title)
Black Star (USA) (working title)
Flaming Heart (USA) (working title)
Flaming Lance (USA) (pre-release title)

Runtime:

101 min | USA:92 min (FMC Library Print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

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.

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.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Elvis in the Movies (1990)

Soundtrack:

Flaming Star

Elvis's best film.

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.