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Flaming Star

1960

Don Siegel

Elvis Presley, Barbara Eden, Steve Forrest, Dolores del Rio ...

5.8

492

Western. Drama When fighting breaks out between two cultures in West Texas, the mixed-blood Pacer tries to act as a peacemaker, but the "flaming star of death" pulls him irrevocably into the deadly violence.

	Author	Review
United States	A.H. Weiler The New York Times	"An unpretentious but sturdy Western (...) Although it is not electrifying, 'Flaming Star' make a neat and satisfying adventure."	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Not the best Elvis Presley movie (...) but very likely the best movie with Elvis Presley. He doesn't sing much and he doesn't act much, though he is an effectively muddled personality"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"By far and away Presley's best film (...) Siegel keeps the tensions finely balanced on a knife edge (...) A fine Western."	POS
United States	Variety	"[The plot] is disturbingly familiar and not altogether convincing, but the film is attractively mounted and consistently diverting."	NEU
United Kingdom	Tony Sloman Radio Times	"The tension, under the brilliant direction of Don Siegel, is beautifully sustained, and the outdoor colour and CinemaScope photography is outstanding (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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