The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 80% of the 158 1960s western movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Pacer Burton, a young man of mixed Kiowa and white heritage, is caught between two worlds as conflict erupts between Native Americans and white settlers in Texas.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
101 audience votes
Key crew
- Don SiegelDirector
- Clair HuffakerScreenplay
- Nunnally JohnsonScreenplay
- Cyril J. MockridgeOriginal Music Composer
- Irving GertzOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Elvis PresleyPacer Burton
- Barbara EdenRoslyn Pierce
- Steve ForrestClint Burton
- Dolores del RíoNeddy Burton
- John McIntireSam Burton
- Rodolfo AcostaBuffalo Horn
- Karl SwensonDred Pierce
- Ford RaineyDoc Phillips
- Richard JaeckelAngus Pierce
- Anne BentonDorothy Howard
- L.Q. JonesTom Howard
- Douglas DickWill Howard
Stills
Themes
native american
The Best Movies of 1960
Flaming Star is #42 of 60
