Flaming Star

Don Siegel directed this tale of Indian-white antagonism, featuring a surprisingly effective Elvis Presley as the half-Indian son of Dolores Del Rio and John McIntire. Barbara Eden, Steve Forrest. Dred: Karl Swenson. Buffalo Horn: Rudolph Acosta. Doc: Ford Rainey. Angus: Richard Jaeckel., Elvis Presley stars, and sings, in this tense action, a young man of mixed blood is split between loyalties as his two cultures collide., Action-packed story of a young half-breed Indian who must choose sides between his white father and his Kiowa mother when his mother’s people go on the warpath. The film examines the effects of a mixed-race family on the community at large. This mainly dramatic role is considered one of Elvis’s better on-screen efforts., Flaming Star is the grittiest of Elvis Presley’s post-Army films. Elvis plays Pacer Burton, a half-indian youth in the old West, torn between loyalty to the whites, as represented by his father, and the Indians, represented by his mother. A series of brutal Kiowa raids, and the subsequent reprisals by the white settlers, sorely test Pacer’s fortitude. Though offered moral support from his loved ones, Pacer is forced to work things out himself., In this classic film, Pacer Burton (Elvis Presley) is a man struggling with the implications of his mixed heritage in 19th-century Texas. Born of a white father (John McIntire) and a Kiowa Indian mother (Dolores DelRio), the local conflict between the two groups of people presents a dilemma for Pacer and his brother Clint (Steve Forrest), who are violently torn between their family loyalties., Elvis Presley plays Western? A surprising success, starring ‘The Pelvis’ as Pacer Buron, a half-breed caught between the battle lines of a bitter war in which the Kiowa Indians are on the attack. Pacer’s family is split down the middle as the races pair off. Despite what looks like an unusual collaboration between singer Presley and Dirty Harry director Don Siegel, many critics see this as the King’s finest film.