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The Alamo is a 1960 American epic historical war film about the 1836 Battle of the Alamo produced and directed by John Wayne and starring Wayne as Davy Crockett.
The Alamo: Directed by John Wayne. With John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon. In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
The Alamo (1960) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Oct 23, 2020 · But the Alamo received its grandest stage in John Wayne’s frontier epic The Alamo, which opened in theaters 60 years ago on Oct. 24, 1960. Wayne directed and stars as Crockett in the...
John Wayne ("Red River") produces, directs and stars in this "bigger than life" (Life Magazine) chronicle of one of the most remarkable events in American history. At the Alamo - a...
John Wayne both directs and stars in this recreation of the famous battle of the Alamo, where greatly outnumbered forces led by Col. William Travis(played by Laurence Harvey) are ordered by General Sam Houston to defend their Texas outpost in 1836, where the Mexican army under the command of General Santa Anna are rampaging.
The Alamo, American epic film, released in 1960, that was John Wayne’s dream project about the Battle of the Alamo (1836). Frontier legend Davy Crockett (played by Wayne) and his men arrive in San Antonio, Texas, and volunteer to help defend the Alamo, a hopelessly outgunned mission-turned-fort.
John Wayne proves to be less compelling behind the camera than he is before it in The Alamo, a blustery dramatization of the fort's last stand that feels more like a first draft. In 1836,...
- History, Drama, War, Western
Maybe emulating his mentor John Ford’s comedy mode, writer-director John Wayne contrives for his character, Tennesseean Davy Crocket, to meet Texan Jim Bowie (Richard Widmark) and his renowned knife, through an after-hours brawl, in The Alamo, 1960.
But to get it, producer-director-star John Wayne has loaded the telling of the tale with happy homilies on American virtues and patriotic platitudes under life-and-death fire which smack of ...
