FLAMING STAR
EDITED DECEMBER 19, 1960
WARNER BROS.
ELVIS, HALF WHITE, HALF INDIAN, IN FLAMING STAR
ELVIS PRESLEY as Pacer Burton
BARBARA EDEN as Roslyn Pierce
STEVE FORREST as Clint Burton
DOLORES DEL RÍO as Neddy Burton
JOHN McINTIRE as Sam “Pa” Burton
LQ JONES as Tom Howard
DOUGLAS DICK as Will Howard
RICHARD JAECKEL as Angus Pierce
RODOLFO ACOSTA as Buffalo Horn
KARL SWENSON as Dred Pierce
FORD RAINEY as Doc Phillips
DON SIEGEL in Direction
DAVID WEISBART in Production
CLAIR HUFFAKER (novel), NUNNALLY JOHNSON, CASEY ROBINSON in Screenplay
CYRIL J.MOCKRIDGE in Music
CHARLES G. CLARKE in Photography
Genre: Western
Duration: 92 minutes
US Premiere: 20 December 1960
INFORMATION
Pacer, a role played by Elvis, is a mixed-race boy, son of the Kiowa Indian Neddy, the second wife of rancher Sam Burton.
The happiness within the Burton family is cut short when war breaks out in the territory between the whites and the Indians, which will cause a moral dilemma in the young Pacer as he must choose which side he will ally with.
Based on the novel “Flaming Lance” by Clair Huffaker, some consider this film to be Elvis’s best film, even though The King only performs one song in the film, in addition to the main theme that can be heard in the opening credits. Not in vain, the film is directed by the prestigious director Don Siegel and features the participation of great actors such as Barbara Eden, Steve Forrest and Dolores del Río. Elvis’s performance is more than remarkable, proving right those who saw in the singer great talent as a dramatic actor. Unfortunately, the box office did not reach the expected income, which led to the assumption that fans preferred to see his idol perform many songs on the big screen.
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