ALAMO, THE

Details

• Release Year: 1960
• Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, War, Western
• Plot: In 1836 General Santa Anna and the Mexican army is sweeping across Texas. To be able to stop him, General Sam Houston needs time to get his main force into shape. To buy that time he orders Colonel William Travis to defend a small mission on the Mexicans' route at all costs. Travis' small troop is swelled by groups accompanying Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett, but as the situation becomes ever more desperate Travis makes it clear there will be no shame if they leave while they can.
• Cast: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Joan O'Brien, Chill Wills, Joseph Calleia, Ken Curtis, Carlos Arruza, Jester Hairston, Veda Ann Borg, John Dierkes, Denver Pyle, Aissa Wayne, Hank Worden, William Henry, Bill Daniel, Wesley Lau, Chuck Roberson, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Olive Carey, Ruben Padilla, Richard Boone, Ray Ackland, Charles Akins, Harold Allgood, Lee Allison, D.E. Barentine, Carol Baxter, Abe Blankenship, F. Bode, Danny Borzage, Buff Brady, Paul Breen, Jim Brewer, Jim Burk, Joe Canutt, Tap Canutt, A.R. Carpenter, Ed Carter, Georges Cartes, Vincente Castro, Raul De Luna, LeJean Eldridge, Rojelio Estrada, Estill Ezell, Manuel Farias, Rosita Fernández, Mickey Finn, Gerry Fisher, Karl Flenn, Miguel Garza, Yndalecio Gonzales, Mike Goulla, Fred Graham, Joe Graham, Big John Hamilton, Robert H. Harris, Chuck Hayward, Tom Hennesy, Frank Higgins, Doug Hodges, John Hudkins, Joe Jackson, Leroy Johnson, Elmo Jones, Eddie Juaregui, Wayne Kendrick, Jim Kennedy, Charles Kone, David Kuykendall, Ronald Lee, Cliff Lyons, Efrain Maldonada, Cy Malis, Bryan McAfee, John McGuyer, Doug McNealy, Don Middlebrook, J.R. Miller, Jack Miller, Bob Morgan, Boyd 'Red' Morgan, Bob Moss Sr., C.A. Nicks, Ray Ochoa, Dale Parsons, Jack Pennick, Gil Perkins, Jerry Phillips, Homer Pierce, Lee Roy Powell, Lupe Reyes, Warren Rhea, Ed Riley, Rudy Robbins, Cruz Rodriquez, Eleno Rodriquez, James Edward Grant
• Director: John Wayne
• Runtime: 2:42
• Company: United Artists
• Media Format: Movie