The Alamo

Release Date:

Oct 24, 1960

Running Time:

3:12

Genre:

Historical Drama

Director:

John Wayne

Cast:

John Wayne	Col. Davy Crockett
Richard Widmark	Jim Bowie
Laurence Harvey	Col. William Travis
Richard Boone	Gen. Sam Houston
Carlos Arruza	Lt. Reyes
Frankie Avalon	Smitty
Patrick Wayne	Capt. James Butler Bonham
Linda Cristal	Graciela Carmela Maria 'Flaca' de Lopez y Vejar
Chill Wills	Beekeeper
Ken Curtis	Capt. Almeron Dickinson
Hank Worden	Parson
Denver Pyle	Thimblerig (the Gambler)
Olive Carey	Mrs. Dennison
Veda Ann Borg	Blind Nell Robertson
John Dierkes	Jocko Robertson
Guinn ``Big Boy'' Williams	Lt. ``Irish'' Finn
Jack Pennick	Sgt. Lightfoot (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson	Tennesseean

Producers:

John Wayne

Writers:

James Edward Grant

Language:

English

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In 1836, the Mexican army, led by General Santa Anna, is invading Texas. Hoping to create a diversion for Santa Anna's forces, General Sam Houston orders Colonel William B. Travis, joined by Colonels Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett, to lead a small, heroic band of American and Texican fighters in a resistance battle at the Alamo mission. The carnage at the Alamo further spurs the Republic of Texas toward freedom.

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