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The Alamo (1960)
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John Wayne drew on what he learned from John Ford, Howard Hawks, and practically everyone who directed him during his long career when he made his own directorial debut on this labor of love. The Alamo is a sprawling, unabashedly patriotic epic of the sacrifice made by 187 men defending the Alamo from Santa Ana's bigger and better equipped army. Wayne stars as Col. Davy Crockett, the straight-talking, fun-loving frontiersman turned senator, with Laurence Harvey as the stiff, by-the-book Col. William Travis and Ricahrd Widmark as the legendary Jim Bowie who bristles under Travis's military protocol. The mix of regular army soldiers,...
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The John Wayne marathon continues with a big crowd favorite that was nominated for many awards and won an Oscar for Best Sound.
This is a star-studded picture. John Wayne not only starred as Davy Crockett, he directed the picture.
This movie had some crowd favorites like Richard Widmark (Kiss of Death) as Jim Bowie;...
(complete The Alamo review by B Movie Ben)
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(5/23/2007)