FLAMING STAR

Flaming Star
20th Century-Fox, 1960, Color, 87 minutes, ***
Released December, 1960

West Texas in the years after the Civil War is an uneasy meeting ground of two cultures, one white the other native American. Elvis portrays Pacer Burton, the son of a white rancher (John McIntire) and his beautiful Kiowa Indian wife (Dolores Del Rio). When fighting breaks out between the settlers and natives, Pacer tries to act as a peace maker, but the "flaming star of death" pulls him irrevocably into the deadly violence.

Co-starring Barbara Eden, the soundtrack features Elvis's haunting performance of the title song. Considered by many critics as Elvis's best screen performance, this moving portrayal of a man caught between two cultures makes Flaming Star a Presley classic!

Produced by: David Weisbart
Directed by: Don Siegel
Assistant Director: Joseph E. Richards
Screenplay by: Clair Huffaker and Nunnally Johnson
Based on a novel by: Clair Huffaker
Technical Adviser: Colonel Tom Parker
Music: Cyril J. Mockridge
Conducted by: Lionel Newman
Orchestration: Edward B. Powell
Songs: "Flaming Star" by Sherman Edwards and Sid Wayne, "A Cane and a High Starched Collar" Sid Tepper and Roy Bennett
Vocal Accompaniment to Elvis Presley's Songs by: The Jordanaires
Dances Staged by: Josephine Earl
Art Direction: Duncan Cramer, Walter M. Simonds
Set Decorations: Walter M. Scott, Gustav Berntsen
Costumes Designed by: Adele Balkan
Makeup by: Ben Nye
Hair Styles by: Helen Turpin
Sound: E. Clayton Ward, Warren B. Delaplain
Director of Photography: Charles G. Clarke
Color by De Luxe
Film Editor: Hugh S. Fowler

Cast: Elvis Presley [Pacer Burton], Steve Forrest [Clint Burton], Barbara Eden [Roslyn Pierce], Dolores Del Rio [Neddy Burton], John McIntire [Pa Burton], Rudolph Acosta [Buffalo Horn], 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], Additonal Cast: Monte Burkhart [Ben Ford], Ted Jacques [Hornsby], Rodd Redwing [Indian Brave], Perry Lopez [Two Moons], Sharon Bercutt [Bird's Wing], Ray Beltram [Indian], Barbara Beaird [Dottie Phillips], Virginia Christine [Mrs. Phillips], Griswold Green, Tom Allen, Guy Way, Joe Brooks, William Herrin [Men at Crossing], The Jordanaires [Vocal Accompaniment]

Musical Program: [0:00] Flaming Star (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires behind titles); [0:04] A Cane and a High Starch Collar (sung and danced by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires and Ensemble)