Director: Frank Lloyd

Writers: Sy Bartlett; Warren Duff

Music by: Max Steiner

Keywords: Western

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Anna Maria Alberghetti	Actor	15-May-1936		Carnival!
Ernest Borgnine	Actor	24-Jan-1917	8-Jul-2012	Marty
Richard Carlson	Actor	29-Apr-1912	24-Nov-1977	The Creature from the Black Lagoon
Ben Cooper	Actor	30-Sep-1933		The Last Command
Jim Davis	Actor	26-Aug-1909	26-Apr-1981	Jock Ewing on Dallas
Eduard Franz	Actor	31-Oct-1902	10-Feb-1983	The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Virginia Grey	Actor	22-Mar-1917	31-Jul-2004	Hullabaloo
Sterling Hayden	Actor	26-Mar-1916	23-May-1986	Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove
Arthur Hunnicutt	Actor	17-Feb-1910	26-Sep-1979	The Big Sky
Otto Kruger	Actor	6-Sep-1885	6-Sep-1974	Saboteur
J. Carrol Naish	Actor	21-Jan-1896	24-Jan-1973	Sahara
Slim Pickens	Actor	29-Jun-1919	8-Dec-1983	Tough cowboy actor
John Russell	Actor	3-Jan-1921	19-Jan-1991	Lawman
Hugh Sanders	Actor	13-Mar-1911	9-Jan-1966	Character actor
Russell Simpson	Actor	17-Jun-1880	12-Dec-1959	The Grapes of Wrath

CAST

Starring
Sterling Hayden	...   Jim Bowie
Anna Maria Alberghetti	...   Consuela
Richard Carlson	...   William Travis
Arthur Hunnicutt	...   Davy Crockett
Ernest Borgnine	...   Mike Radin
J. Carrol Naish	...   Gen. Santa Ana
with
Ben Cooper	...   Jeb Lacey
John Russell	...   Lt. Dickinson
Virginia Grey	...   Mrs. Dickinson
Jim Davis	...   Evans
Eduard Franz	...   Lorenzo de Quesada
Otto Kruger	...   Steven Fuller Austin
Russell Simpson	...   Parson
Roy Roberts	...   Dr. Sutherland
Slim Pickens	...   Abe
Hugh Sanders	...   Sam Houston

REVIEWS

Review by Charles Mackay (posted on 7-Jun-2008)

I think this is the best of all the "Alamo" movies. The story lends itself more to the stark black and white photography than to "flashy" Technicolor and big name stars. As for the cast, I much preferred Sterling Hayden as Jim Bowie to Richard Widmark, Richard Carlson as Col. Travis and Arthur Hunnicutt over John Wayne as Davy Crockett. The story is basically the same, but the character of Santa Ana, played by J. Carroll Naish, is developed more and reveals that he and Jim Bowie had been long time friends.

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