Flaming Star (1960)

Released: 1960-12-20 Duration: 1hr 32min

Genres: Western

Rating 6.5

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CHOOSE!... Between your white father and your Kiowa mother !

Overview

Sam Burton's second wife is a Kiowa, and their son is therefore born mixed-race. When a struggle starts between the whites and the native Kiowas, the Burton family is split between loyalties.

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Additional Info

Budget	$1,700,000.00
Revenue	$2,000,000.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	3.248

Directed By

Don Siegel

Crew

Director
Don Siegel

Screenplay
Clair Huffaker

Screenplay
Nunnally Johnson

Music
Jerry Goldsmith

Stunts
Eli Bo Jack Blackfeather

Stunts
Joe Brooks

Stunts
John Epper

Stunts
Bob Folkerson

Stunts
Charles Horvath

Stunts
Loren Janes

Stunts
Roy Jenson

Stunts
Tom Sweet

Stunt Coordinator
Richard Talmadge

Stunts
Guy Way

Stunts
Red West

Conductor
Lionel Newman

Second Unit Director
Richard Talmadge

Orchestrator
Edward B. Powell

Technical Advisor
Tom Parker

Novel
Clair Huffaker

Producer
David Weisbart

Original Music Composer
Cyril J. Mockridge

Original Music Composer
Irving Gertz

Director of Photography
Charles G. Clarke

Editor
Hugh S. Fowler

Art Direction
Duncan Cramer

Art Direction
Walter M. Simonds

Set Decoration
G.W. Berntsen

Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott

Costume Design
Adele Balkan

Makeup Artist
Ben Nye

Hairstylist
Helen Turpin

Assistant Director
Joseph E. Rickards

Assistant Director
Fred R. Simpson

Sound
Warren B. Delaplain

Sound
E. Clayton Ward

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