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Gone to Texas is a 1986 American made-for-television biographical film originally titled Houston: The Legend of Texas. It stars Sam Elliott in the title role, and is a biopic of Sam Houston's years as Governor of Tennessee through his involvement in the Texas Revolution.
- Dennis McCarthy
- Frank Q. Dobbs, John Binder
The drama focuses on Sam Houston's life before Texas' independence, and his involvement in the Texas rebellion against Mexico, who was twice President of Texas, then its senator and governor.
- Peter Levin
- Sam Elliott
Jan 2, 2022 · Gone to Texas (1986) Mark Franklin January 2, 2022 1980s. Sam Elliott is Sam Houston in this TV movie about his life from 1829 through 1836. As the story begins, he’s governor of Tennessee, marrying pretty Eliza Allen, a woman half his age and the daughter of a wealthy landowner.
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right. Refusing to forget the Alamo (as if anyone could), Houston led the military in Texas' rebellion against Mexico.
- Peter Levin
Dec 29, 2009 · Sam Elliott is Texas Revolutionary Sam Houston in this sweeping epic of warring nations, patriotic pride, and the adventure and danger of the untamed West. After resigning as Tennessee Governor amid scandal and disgrace, Houston lived among the Cherokee before learning that war was inevitable for Texas to become an independent state.
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Oct 23, 2001 · In despair, he heads up to the Mexican territory of Texas to join his old friend Jim Bowie (MICHAEL BECK) in an epic fight for the liberation of what will one day be the state of Texas. A star-studded cast including JAMES STEPHENS as Stephen Austin recreate a pivotal crossroads of the United States...when Sam Houston has "GONE TO TEXAS."
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Gone to Texas. Sam Elliott stars in the story of Sam Houston's role in the Texas rebellion against Mexico. Andrew Jackson: G.D. Spradlin. Jim Bowie: Michael Beck. Stephen Austin: James...