Movie
Flaming Star
Overview
Sam Burton's second wife is a Kiowa, and their son is therefore born mixed-race. When a struggle starts between the whites and the native Kiowas, the Burton family is split between loyalties.
Details
- Release date
- 1960-12-20
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- 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 Burton
- Rodolfo Acosta as Buffalo Horn
- Karl Swenson as Dred Pierce
- Ford Rainey as Doc Phillips
- Richard Jaeckel as Angus Pierce
- Anne Benton as Dorothy Howard
- L.Q. Jones as Tom Howard
- Douglas Dick as Will Howard
Crew
- Don Siegel - Director
- Clair Huffaker - Screenplay
- Nunnally Johnson - Screenplay
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