Flaming Star (1960)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Don Siegel

Writers:

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

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bob Alder	...	Driver (uncredited)
Henry Amargo	...	Brave (uncredited)
Lon Ballantyne	...	Indian warrior #1 (uncredited)
Barbara Beaird	...	Dottie Phillips (uncredited)
Ray Beltram	...	Indian (uncredited)
Sharon Bercutt	...	Bird's Wing (uncredited)
Joe Brooks	...	Man #5 at crossing (uncredited)
Monte Burkhart	...	Ben Ford (uncredited)
Larry Chance	...	Indian chief (uncredited)
Virginia Christine	...	Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
Tom Fadden	...	Man #1 at crossing (uncredited)
Bob Folkerson	...	Posseman (uncredited)
Griswold Green	...	Man #2 at crossing (uncredited)
William Herrin	...	Man #6 at crossing (uncredited)
Pat Hogan	...	Indian warrior #2 (uncredited)
Foster Hood	...	Indian warrior #3 (uncredited)
Charles Horvath	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Ted Jacques	...	Hornsby (uncredited)
Roy Jenson	...	Matt Holcom (uncredited)
Perry Lopez	...	Two Moons (uncredited)
Rodd Redwing	...	Indian warrior (uncredited)
Guy Way	...	Man #4 at crossing (uncredited)
Red West	...	Indian (uncredited)

Directed by
Don Siegel

Writing credits
Clair Huffaker		(screenplay) and
Nunnally Johnson		(screenplay)
Clair Huffaker		(novel "Flaming Lance")

Produced by
David Weisbart	....	producer

Original Music by
Cyril J. Mockridge
Irving Gertz		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Charles G. Clarke		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Hugh S. Fowler

Art Direction by
Duncan Cramer
Walter M. Simonds

Set Decoration by
G.W. Berntsen		(as Gustav Berntsen)
Walter M. Scott

Costume Design by
Adele Balkan

Makeup Department
Ben Nye	....	makeup artist
Helen Turpin	....	hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joseph E. Rickards	....	assistant director
Richard Talmadge	....	second unit director
Fred R. Simpson	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Warren B. Delaplain	....	sound
E. Clayton Ward	....	sound

Stunts
Eli Bo Jack Blackfeather	....	stunts (uncredited)
Charles Horvath	....	stunts (uncredited)
Loren Janes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Roy Jenson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Thomas A. Sweet	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Talmadge	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Guy Way	....	stunts (uncredited)

Music Department
Lionel Newman	....	conductor
Edward B. Powell	....	orchestrator
Jerry Goldsmith	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)
Leigh Harline	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)
Arthur Morton	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)
Lyn Murray	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)
Herbert W. Spencer	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Josephine Earl	....	dances stager
Tom Parker	....	technical adviser (as Colonel Tom Parker)
Doris Drought	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Don Meyer	....	dialogue coach (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (presents) (as Twentieth Century - Fox)

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1960) (USA) (theatrical) (released by)
• 20th Century Fox (1961) (France) (theatrical)
• Centfox (1961) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Fox Video (199?) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)

Other Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation  CinemaScope is the registered trademark of

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:

Andy Warhol's famous diptych of Elvis Presley as a cowboy came from a shot in this movie.

Quotes:

Pacer Burton: All Ma and me ever got from Whites is mean looks and don't get uppish with us.
Roslyn Pierce: Oh, that's not true.
Pacer Burton: You were the worst. You made me feel it the worst. When I was little I liked you a lot. You were the only girl I ever liked a whole lot. But ever since you've been old enough to know, you never looked at me once without saying something in the back of your head. "He's Kiowa. Clint's all right, but watch out for Pacer."

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

Flaming Star

"Every man/Has a flaming star/A flaming star/Over his shoulder"

Half-breed Elvis Presley is caught between warring sides in the Old West circa 1870. Clair Huffaker's book, adapted by Huffaker and the esteemed Nunnally Johnson, has now become a vehicle for the leading man, and Presley the Actor never really did carve out his niche on the movie screen. He's a quiet, some may say stolid, presence, acting a great deal just with his eyes--though one aches for him to loosen up. The hot "Elvis Sings Songs From Flaming Star" album is much preferable to the movie, which cuts the musical performances down to a minimal two. The film has some action, a fine supporting cast, lots of melodrama; the critics liked it and certainly Charles G. Clarke's beautiful cinematography is worth seeing in widescreen. ** from ****