Flaming Feather (1952)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Ray Enright

Writers:

Gerald Drayson Adams (story)
Frank Gruber (additional dialogue)

Release Date:

February 1952 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

A mysterious outlaw known as the Sidewinder, phantom leader of renegade Ute Indians, terrorizes the people of the Arizona Territory in the 1870s...

Plot Keywords:

Renegade | Outlaw | Rancher | Cavalry | Kidnapping

Cast

Sterling Hayden	...	Tex McCloud
Forrest Tucker	...	Lt. Tom Blaine
Arleen Whelan	...	Carolina
Barbara Rush	...	Nora Logan
Victor Jory	...	Lucky Lee aka Sidewinder
Richard Arlen	...	Eddie 'Showdown' Calhoun
Edgar Buchanan	...	Sgt. O'Rourke
Carol Thurston	...	Turquoise
Ian MacDonald	...	Tombstone Jack
George Cleveland	...	Doc Fallon

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

UK:U | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

A fine, nostalgic western adventure

Sterling Hayden stars as a cowboy who hits the trail in search of a renegade white man leading a band of Indians who burned his ranch and ran off his horses and cattle. The mysterious raider is responsible for the killing and looting of towns and wagon trains manages to elude the pursuing cavalry until events conspire to unmask the villain. Barbara Rush is the romantic interest of Hayden and also the renegade and her role is that of a damsel in distress throughout the picture. Forrest Tucker is good as an army lieutenant and there are comical exchanges between old timers Edgar Buchanan and George Cleveland. Victor Jury is also good as the dark, saturnine trading post owner. Arleen Whelan's role as a saloon singer doesn't have much to do with the film's plot but is quite a looker nonetheless. The technicolor is excellent, as is Paul Sawtell's spare music score.