| Flaming Star | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Don Siegel |
| Written by | Clair Huffaker Nunnally Johnson |
| Based on | novel Flaming Lance by Clair Huffaker |
| Produced by | David Weisbart |
| Starring | Elvis Presley Barbara Eden Dolores del Río Steve Forrest John McIntire |
| Cinematography | Charles G. Clarke |
| Edited by | Hugh S. Fowler |
| Music by | Cyril J. Mockridge and Elvis Presley |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.7 million[2] |
| Box office | $2 million (US/ Canada)[3][4] |
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.[5]
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.[6] A road near Wildwood in Thousand Oaks has been named Flaming Star Avenue after the movie.[7]
- ^ "Flaming Star – Details". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey (1989). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p. 252
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey (1989). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p. 228. Note that figures are rentals accruing to distributors.
- ^ "1961 Rentals and Potential". Variety. January 10, 1961. p. 58.
- ^ FLAMING STAR Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 28, Iss. 324, (January 1, 1961): 31.
- ^ Schad, Jerry (2009). Los Angeles County: A Comprehensive Hiking Guide. Wilderness Press. pp 35–36. ISBN 9780899976396.
- ^ Bidwell, Carol A. (1989). The Conejo Valley: Old and New Frontiers. Windsor Publications. ISBN 9780897812993. p. 82.