The Alamo
1960 · Movie · 161 min. · United States
THE ALAMO is John's Wayne's patriotic, pro-American recounting of the famous siege at a Texas fort. For 13 days in 1836, a group of Americans, led by Sam Houston, fought 7,000 Mexican soldiers to retain control of the Alamo and to wrest Texas from Mexico and make it part of the United States. The Duke directs (with the uncredited help of his friend and mentor John Ford) this flag-waving spectacular about the courageous struggle by 182 American heroes to defend a small Catholic mission to the death and eventually win Texas with the help of Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston.
Direction John Wayne
Cast John Wayne · Richard Widmark · Laurence Harvey · Ken Curtis · Frankie Avalon · Patrick Wayne · Linda Cristal · Joan O'Brien · Chill Wills · Richard Boone · Joseph Calleia
Soundtrack Dimitri Tiomkin
Screenplay James Edward Grant
Cinematography William H. Clothier
Original title The Alamo
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