Flaming Star
Original Theatrical Poster
Flaming Star Elvis Presley as rancher Pacer Burton, born of a Kiowa mother and a Texan father. When tensions between Kiowa tribe and neighboring farmers raise to fighting, Pacer finds himself caught between the two worlds.
The following weapons were used in the film Flaming Star :
Revolvers Single Action Army Single Action Army Artillery Model Clint Burton (Steve Forrest ), Pacer's half-brother, carries a Single Action Army Artillery Model revolver.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Single Action Army with 7.5" barrel known as the "Cavalry" model - .45 Long Colt Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pacer holds his revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pacer's mother Neddy (Dolores Del Rio) takes the revolver in holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pacer carries the revolver during the visit in Kiowa settlement. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pacer fires at attacking Will Howard. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of Pacer's revolver in said scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pacer takes hostage Doc Phillips's daughter Dottie (Barbara Beaird) to make Doc to go to wounded Neddy. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pacer raises his revolver on Clint when brothers are in quarrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pacer aims at Clint during Kiowas attack. Single Action Army (Mocked Up as Remington 1858 New Army) Will Howard (Douglas Dick ) and Sam 'Pa' Burton (John McIntire ) carry "Cavalry" model Single Action Army revolvers, that was visually modified to resembled the Remington 1858 New Army , with fake Remington's cylinder rods (possibly a single prop is reused). Similar mockups were seen in many Western movies of 1940s-1960s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Single Action Army with 7.5" barrel known as the "Cavalry" model - .45 Long Colt Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 1858 New Army - .44 caliber. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Will Howard waylays Pacer and Neddy Burtons and fires his revolver, killing Kiowa warrior Two Moons who escorted Burtons. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of fake Remington. The socket for removed extrator rod of original SAA can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sam Burton fires at attacking Kiowas. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of Sam's revolver from another side. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A view from the muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the revolver in Sam's dead hand. Rifles Winchester Model 1892 Winchester Model 1892 Rifle In one scene Pacer Burton holds an anachronistic Winchester Model 1892 rifle. Due to continuity error it switches to a Marlin Model 1889 (see below).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester 1892 -.32WCF/.38-40/.44-40/.25-20. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pacer loads his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pacer runs to the door with Winchester in hands (next moment it switches to a Marlin). Note Sam Burton's Winchester Model 1866 leaning against the wall near the door. Winchester Model 1892 Carbine Tom Howard (L.Q. Jones ) and Angus Pierce (Richard Jaeckel ) are seen with anachronistic Winchester Model 1892 carbines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine - .32WCF/.38-40/.44-40/.25-20. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tom Howard with Winchester 1892 carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A carbine of one of Howards, killed by Kiowas. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Angus Pierce (at the right) holds a Winchester 1892 carbine during the confrontation with Clint and Pacer Burtons. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The saddle ring of Angus' carbine is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Angus' carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of Dred Pierce's ranch hands (at far right background) holds a Winchester Model 1892 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same man with his rifle is seen in center. Winchester Model 1873 Winchester Model 1873 Rifle Clint Burton holds a Winchester Model 1873 rifle in several scene. A pair of 1873 rifles are seen in gun rack in Pierce general store.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester 1873 "Short Rifle" model with octagon barrel Error creating thumbnail: File missing Clint's rifle is seen over the door. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guns in rack in Pierce general store. Two of them are Winchester Model 1873 rifles (and the one to the right of these rifle is a Winchester 1873 carbine, see below). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester 1873 rilfes (at the left) are seen in Pierce general store. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Clint holds his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Clint with his own 1873 (in right hand) and his father's 1866 Winchesters. Winchester Model 1873 Carbine A Winchester Model 1873 carbine is seen in gun rack in Pierce general store.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester Model 1873 carbine - 1st generation rifle - 44-40 Winchester Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guns in rack in Pierce general store. The one at the right is a Winchester Model 1873 Carbine (the saddle ring is seen). Winchester Model 1866 Sam Burton uses a Winchester Model 1866 rifle throughout the movie.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" Rifle - .44 RF Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sam Burton with his "Yellow Boy". Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rifle is seen near the door. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sam readies his rifle during the night visit of Kiowa chief Buffalo Horn. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester 1866 is seen over the door (in previous scenes Clint's Winchester 1873 was seen in this place). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sam takes his rifle when armed mob of local settlers, led by Dred Pierce, appear at Burtons' house. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sam with Winchester 1866 and Pacer with Marlin Model 1889 confront Dred Pierce and his mob. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sam briefly hands his rifle to Clint. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sam holds his rifle. Marlin Model 1889 Out of time Marlin Model 1889 rifles are seen in hands of Pacer Burton, several of Dred Pierce's ranchers, and local blacksmith Ben Ford (Monte Burkhart ). In one scene Clint Burton's Winchester Model 1873 rifle switches to a Marlin due to continuity error.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Marlin Model 1889 - .44-40 WCF Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of Pacer's Marlin in the scene when Dred Pierce's men appear at Burton's house. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rifle is seen from another side. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of a Marlin that belongs to one of Pierces' ranch hands (credited as "Man#1 at Crossing" (Tom Fadden )). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of Ben Ford's rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the barrel and tube magazine of Ben Ford's rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Clint Burton fires at Kiowas. In this scene his Winchester Model 1873 is replaced with a Marlin. Springfield 1873 Trapdoor Carbine Several Kiowa warriors are armed with Springfield 1873 Trapdoor Carbines .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Springfield Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine, replica by Uberti Arms - .45-70 Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Kiowa warrior holds a carbine during the attack on Howards farm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A carbine is seen in hands of Kiowa warrior at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The said Kiowa warrior fires at Sam Burton's horse. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Kiowa warrior (Rodd Redwing ) with a Trapdoor carbine. Remington Rolling Block A pair of Remington Rolling Block rifles is seen in gun rack in Pierce general store.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Springfield Model 1870 Remington-Navy - .50-70 Government Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guns in rack in Pierce general store. Two long guns at the left appear to be Remington Rolling Block. Unidentified long guns An unidentified long gun is seen in gun rack in Pierce general store.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guns in rack in Pierce general store. 1 is unidentifed while 2 is a Harrington & Richardson Pardner ; 3 and 4 - Winchester Model 1873 rifles; 5 - Winchester Model 1873 Carbine ; 6 - Remington Rolling Block rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Unidentified long gun (far left). Shotguns Double Barreled Shotgun Double Barreled Shotguns are used by Angus Pierce and Clint Burton.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A double barreled shotgun on the wall in Pierce general store. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Angus Pierce raises the shotgun on Pacer Burton... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...but he is stopped by Clint's revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Clint rapidly grabs the shotgun from saddle holster (it is even seen blurry due to violent motion). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing He fires at a Kiowa. Harrington & Richardson Pardner What is supposed to be Harrington & Richardson Pardner single barreled shotgun is seen in Pierce general store.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Harrington & Richardson Pardner - 12 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guns in rack in Pierce general store. The one at the left is supposed to be an H&R Pardner. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of same gun (far left). 
