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Flaming Star (1960)

Flaming Star poster
Directed by
Don Siegel
Genre
drama film, Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 97 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young man of mixed white and Native American heritage struggles with his identity when violence erupts between the two communities. He must choose where his loyalties lie as tensions threaten everyone he loves.

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What happens

Flaming Star is a 1960 American Western film starring Elvis Presley, Barbara Eden, and Steve Forrest, based on the book Flaming Lance (1958) by Clair Huffaker. Critics agreed that Presley gave one of his better acting performances as the mixed-blood "Pacer Burton", a dramatic role. The film was directed by Don Siegel and had a working title of Black Star. The film reached number 12 on the box-office charts. It was filmed in Utah and Los Angeles, as well as in Wildwood Regional Park in Thousand Oaks, California. A road near Wildwood in Thousand Oaks has been named Flaming Star Avenue after the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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