Texas Revolution on Film
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- DirectorJohn WayneStarsJohn WayneRichard WidmarkLaurence HarveyIn 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.
- DirectorJohn Lee HancockStarsDennis QuaidBilly Bob ThorntonEmilio EchevarríaBased on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio Texas.
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsJames ArnessBrian KeithAlec BaldwinAgainst orders and with no help of relief Texas patriots led by William Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett defend the Alamo against overwhelming Mexican forces.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsSam De GrasseAllan SearsWalter LongThe story of the defense of the mission-turned-fortress by 185 Texans against an overwhelming Mexican army in 1836.
- DirectorKieth MerrillStarsCasey BiggsEnrique SandinoMerrill ConnallyIn 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.
- DirectorRobert N. BradburyStarsCullen LandisKathryn McGuireEdward HearnFocuses on Davy Crockett before & during his time at the Alamo as one of the defenders, and ultimately, one of those who gave their lives.
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsFess ParkerBuddy EbsenBasil RuysdaelAmerican frontiersman Davy Crockett fights in the Creek Indian War, is elected to the U.S. Congress and fights for Texas at the Alamo.
- DirectorHarry L. FraserStarsEarle HodginsLane ChandlerRoger WilliamsIn early spring of 1833, the smoldering resentment of American settlers in Texas against their oppression by Mexico dictator General Santa Anna/Ana coming to a head. When a decree is issued that no more Americans may enter Texas, William H. Wharton, fiery head of a faction determined on independence or nothing, warns Stephen F. Austin that the time for half-measures is past. Austin, responsible for bringing the Americans to Texas as colonists, reminds Wharton that a settler's revolt against Mexico would dishonor his name and the arrangements he had with the Mexican government. He gets the "Whartonites" to agree to a general convention of all colonists. Almerian Dickinson, biggest land owner in the settlement of Gonzales, deeply in love with his wife Anne, warns Wharton that a bloody revolt would endanger every wife and mother in the colony. He proposes they send Austin to Mexico City to ask Santa Anna to grant Texans a voice in their own government. After months in Mexico City of waiting to see Santa Anna, Austin is granted a mock interview and then arrested and thrown into a dungeon. In Texas, the months pass with no news from Austin and Wharton goes to work in earnest in early 1835 to fan the fires of revolution. Santa Anna decides to march troops north and finish off the rebel "gringos" - a description that only came later in the conflict - once and for all, and frees Austin to serve as an example. The Texans, under Dickinson and William Barrett Travis, send the advance Mexican troops back across the border in retreat. Austin goes for help from the United States, and the Texans fortify themselves at the old Alamo mission in Bejar with Travis in command. And one February morning, his scouts bring news that Santa Anna is coming with an army of 5,000 men. Anne Dickinson takes her baby, rides for Bejar (San Antonio), slips through the Mexican lines and joins her husband in the beleaguered fort to his mingled joy and horror. The Mexican troops storm the walls day after day but are thrown back by the 183 defenders. At dawn, March 6, 1836, Santa Anna orders the buglers to sound the "deguello" (No quarter) and the final assault begins.
- DirectorFrancis BoggsStarsHobart BosworthBetty HarteTom SantschiThe story starts with his meeting with Mary, the daughter of a humble trapper in the mountains, who has another suitor more favored by the parents. The barn dance; Davy and Mary on the way home, are attached by wolves and seek safety in a deserted cabin. Just as the hungry beasts besiege the door, the all-night fight against death, the tracking of the party to the lonely hut, the release of Davy after his arm had swollen too much to withdraw it from the door. Rescue and return home. Mary upbraided by her mother for her love for Davy; his arrival at Mary's home just as the nuptial services are ready, in which Mary is to wed her mother's choice. Her escape on horseback, emulating Lochinvar's ride. Happy in her thought of wedding the man she loves.
- DirectorJoseph A. GoldenDavy Crockett is madly in love with a blonde young lady who also looks good to several members of a ferocious band of Indians that inhabit the backwoods. After a meeting with Davy one day, she is surprised and kissed by one of her red-skinned lovers, which makes her so indignant that she stops to thrash him and is captured by the band and scalped. Losing her fore lock does not seriously injure her health. She escapes to her Davy, and is taken to the hut of his parents and introduced as his future wife. A battle with the Indians follows, in which an intelligent redskin or two secures entrance into the cabin. The lives of all concerned are saved by a bunch of hardtack biscuits aimed at the Indians heads. Wedding bells ring merrily for Davy and the blonde heroine when the scene becomes calm enough to admit a minister.
- DirectorWilliam Desmond TaylorStarsDustin FarnumWinifred KingstonHarry De VereThe story of the famous Tennessee frontiersman, soldier, scout, and Congressman who fought and died at the Alamo.
- StarsScott ForbesWilliam SchallertJohn LaingThe adventures of frontier hero Jim Bowie are brought to life in this popular children's television series.
- DirectorGeorge Nicholls Jr.StarsRichard DixGail PatrickJoan FontaineThe story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republic of Texas.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsGlenn FordJulie AdamsChill WillsDuring the Alamo siege, John Stroud is sent to Ox Bow to protect the townsfolk but, following a massacre, he infiltrates Jess Wade's gang of turncoat renegades supporting the Mexicans.
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsSterling HaydenAnna Maria AlberghettiRichard CarlsonModerate Jim Bowie leads rebellious Texicans--and Davy Crockett--in a last-ditch stand against his old friend, Santa Ana.
- StarsBill PaxtonJeffrey Dean MorganOlivier MartinezThe story of how the Texas Rangers were created.
- DirectorRichard LangStarsMaria Conchita AlonsoBenjamin BrattFrederick CoffinIn the beginning of the 19th Century, many white Americans are settling in the Mexican province of Texas. As the years go by, political conflicts between the settlers and the Mexican government are escalating which would lead to war and Texan independence.
- DirectorLynn StevensonStarsFrank ThompsonRichard FloresDon Graham