Western

Flaming Feather

A mysterious outlaw known as the Sidewinder, phantom leader of renegade Ute Indians, terrorizes the people of the Arizona Territory in the 1870s. When rancher Tex McCloud has his place burned out, he vows to find and kill the Sidewinder.

Release Date : 1952-02-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Nat Holt Productions

Production Country : United States of America

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Cast

Character Name : Tex McCloud

Original Name : Sterling Hayden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Tom Blaine

Original Name : Forrest Tucker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carolina

Original Name : Arleen Whelan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nora Logan

Original Name : Barbara Rush

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lucky Lee

Original Name : Victor Jory

Gender : Male

Character Name : Showdown Calhoun

Original Name : Richard Arlen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sgt. O'Rourke

Original Name : Edgar Buchanan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Turquoise

Original Name : Carol Thurston

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tombstone Jack

Original Name : Ian MacDonald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doc Fallon

Original Name : George Cleveland

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Victor Adamson

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Buck Bucko

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Roy Bucko

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Paul E. Burns

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Heinie Conklin

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Don Dunning

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Clem Fuller

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Nacho Galindo

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Chuck Hamilton

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Chick Hannan

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Bryan 'Slim' Hightower

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Donald Kerr

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Bob Kortman

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Frank Lackteen

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ethan Laidlaw

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Perc Launders

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Hank Mann

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Kermit Maynard

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Larry McGrath

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Boyd 'Red' Morgan

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Herman Nowlin

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Forrest Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ray Teal

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Sailor Vincent

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Max Wagner

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Sidewinder in their sights. Flaming Feather is directed by Ray Enright and written by Gerald Drayson Adams. It stars Sterling Hayden, Forrest Tucker, Arleen Whelan, Barbara Rush, Victor Jory, Edgar Buchanan and Richard Arlen. A Technicolor production, music is by Paul Sawtell and cinematography by Ray Rennahan. The mysterious outlaw known only as The Sidewinder is in cahoots with the Native Americans and terrorises Arizona's settlers. But when The Sidewinder chose Tex McCloud (Hayden) as one of his targets, he hadn't banked on Tex linking up with the U.S. Cavalry to hunt him down. Enjoyably energetic Oater that makes up for what it lacks in originality with gorgeous location photography and a barn storming finale. Ray Enright was a good old pro at this sort of thing, and here he doesn't waste any time with pointless filler scenes or drawn out conversations that don't advance the plot. From the get go we are thrust into an action sequence, and from there on in the film rarely pauses for breath. Hayden and Tucker make for a beefy coupling, and although the mystery element is not exactly rocket science to work out, the presence of three lovely lady characters does spice up the intrigue surrounding The Sidewinder and those in pursuit of him. It all builds to a wonderful finale that starts out with a Little Big Horn type siege, which then develops into a pursuit and battle up at the Montezuma Castle Monument in Arizona, where fire pit punch ups and ladder skills enthral greatly. It isn't hard to pick holes in it, it is after all one of those quintessentially early 1950s Westerns that was ignorant to intelligent scripting and screenplays. Yet for sheer gusto and consistently airy beauty this is a must see for Western and Hayden lovers. 7/10