Presumably, the title relates to the Red Feather Saloon, and flaming-haired Arleen Whelan, who sometimes sings there. Arleen's character: Carolina, is your iconic 'bad' girl, as opposed to Barbara Rush's 'good' girl, Nora. They both have occasional incidents with the lead male: Sterling Hayden, as Tex. Tex saves Nora from great harm on several occasions. Thus, naturally, she is friendly with him. But, she also feels gratitude toward wealthy local, Lucky Lee, who looked after her, after her parents were killed and their house ransacked and burned by The Sidewinder and his band of renegade Utes, who have been the terror of Arizona Territory for 20 years! Now, Lucky has asked her to marry him, and she has accepted. However, Nora has also developed an obvious attraction to Tex, and worries about his safety. Meanwhile, Lucky has a beautiful Ute mistress in Turquoise(Carol Thurston), which doesn't seem to bother Nora. Turquoise thinks Lucky should marry her, but he says a man in his (exalted) position should marry his own kind.....
Caroline has an attraction/repulsion relationship with Tex. Sometimes, she tries to have him killed. Other times, she saves him from being killed. Sometimes she's angry at him. Other times, she proposes that they run off together. Caroline also has a thing going with cowboy Showdown((Richard Arlen). Most of these romantic conflicts will be resolved in the spectacular climax battle between The Sidewinder plus his Ute vs. most of those characters I've talked about, plus the US cavalry. This battle takes place in and around the Montezuma Castle Pueblo cliff dwellings, with a number of successive ladders to climb to the top......The main point of the story is the search for the identity of The Sidewinder, and eliminating him and his Utes......Some of the other characters include: Tombstone(Ian MacDonald): a shady gunslinger type, Forrest Tucker as Lt. Blaine, and his sidekick: Edgar Buchanan, as Sgt. O'Rourke. Another easily identified character actor is George Cleveland, who plays the aged Dr. Fallon: horse and people doctor, dentist, lawyer, justice of the peace, and no doubt a few other odd skills.......The location shooting takes place in various scenic areas of Arizona, and complements the 3 beautiful women included. You can see it all free, at YouTube
Review of Flaming Feather
