''Old Surehand'' (, also known as ''Flaming Frontier'') is a 1965 German
Western film
The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that mbodythe spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier." Generally set in the American frontier between the Calif ...
starring
Stewart Granger,
Pierre Brice
Pierre-Louis Le Bris (6 February 1929 – 6 June 2015), known as Pierre Brice, was a French actor, best known as portraying fictional Apache chief Winnetou in German films based on Karl May novels.
Life and films
Brice was born in Brest, ...
and
Letitia Roman. The film is based on a novel by
Karl May.
It was shot at the
Spandau Studios and
on location in
Yugoslavia
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, including around
Rijeka
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on the
Adriatic
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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Vladimir Tadej.
It made $1,587,777 in Spain.
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Plot
Frontiersman Old Surehand (
Stewart Granger) and his faithful friend Old Wabble (
Milan Srdoč) are on the trail of a cold-blooded killer with the nickname 'The General' (
Larry Pennell), who murdered Old Surehand's brother. On the way Old Surehand and Old Wabble are involved in the running conflict between settlers and the
Comanches
The Comanche (), or Nʉmʉnʉʉ (, 'the people'), are a Native American tribe from the Southern Plains of the present-day United States. Comanche people today belong to the federally recognized Comanche Nation, headquartered in Lawton, Oklahoma ...
. Old Surehand can count on the support of his friend and blood brother Winnetou (
Pierre Brice
Pierre-Louis Le Bris (6 February 1929 – 6 June 2015), known as Pierre Brice, was a French actor, best known as portraying fictional Apache chief Winnetou in German films based on Karl May novels.
Life and films
Brice was born in Brest, ...
), the amiable chief of the
Apaches
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. Bandits commanded by The General rob a train and try to put the blame on the Comanches. When the son of the Comanche chief is killed in town by a sniper, only Old Surehand and Winnetou are able to prevent a war between the Comanches and settlers.
Cast
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Stewart Granger as Old Surehand
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Pierre Brice
Pierre-Louis Le Bris (6 February 1929 – 6 June 2015), known as Pierre Brice, was a French actor, best known as portraying fictional Apache chief Winnetou in German films based on Karl May novels.
Life and films
Brice was born in Brest, ...
as
Winnetou
Winnetou is a fictional Native American hero of several novels written in German by Karl May (1842–1912), one of the best-selling German writers of all time with about 200 million copies worldwide, including the ''Winnetou'' trilogy. The ...
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Larry Pennell as General Jack O'Neil
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Letitia Roman as Judith
*
Wolfgang Lukschy as Judge Edwards
*
Terence Hill
Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti; 29 March 1939) is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He began his career as a child actor and gained international fame for starring roles in action and comedy films, many with hi ...
as Toby Spencer
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Erik Schumann as Captain Miller
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Milan Srdoč as Old Wabble
*
Velimir Bata Živojinović as Jim Potter
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Voja Mirić
Vojislav "Voja" Mirić ( sr-Cyrl, Воја Мирић; 7 April 1933 – 23 April 2019) was a Serbian television and film actor most noted for his role as Ahmed Nurudin in the 1974 Yugoslav movie '' Dervis i smrt'' (popularly known as ''Death an ...
as Joe
*
Dušan Janićijević as Clinch
References
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1965 films
1965 Western (genre) films
German Western (genre) films
West German films
Winnetou films
Films based on German novels
Films directed by Alfred Vohrer
Films produced by Horst Wendlandt
Films set in the 19th century
Films set in New Mexico
Films shot in Croatia
Films shot in Slovenia
Films shot in Yugoslavia
Constantin Film films
Yugoslav Western (genre) films
Films shot at Spandau Studios
1960s German films
Foreign films set in the United States
Films scored by Martin Böttcher
Comanche in popular culture