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The film depicts the Battle of the Alamo and the events leading up to it. Sam Houston leads the forces fighting for Texas
independence and needs time to build an army. The opposing Mexican forces, led by General Santa Anna, are numerically
stronger and also better armed and trained. Nevertheless, the Texans have spirit and morale remains generally high.
Lieutenant Colonel William Travis is tasked with defending the Alamo, a former mission in San Antonio. Jim Bowie comes
with reinforcements and the defenders dig in. Meanwhile, Davy Crockett arrives with a group of Tennesseeans.
Santa Anna's armies arrive and surround the fort. The siege begins. Jim Bowie goes to Santa Anna under the peace flag,
so Travis, angered by Jim Bowie, shoots a cannon at the armies, saying he will negotiate peace from a position of power only.
In a nighttime raid, the Texans sabotage the Mexicans' biggest cannon. The Texans maintain high hopes as they are told a
strong force led by Colonel James Fannin is on its way to break the siege. Crockett, however, sensing an imminent attack,
sends one of his younger men, Smitty, to ask Houston for help. Crockett knows this will perhaps save Smitty's life.
The Mexicans frontally attack the Alamo. The defenders hold out and inflict heavy losses on the Mexicans, although the
Texans' own losses are not insignificant. Bowie sustains a leg wound. Morale drops when Travis informs his men that
Fannin's reinforcements have been ambushed, and slaughtered by the Mexicans. Travis chooses to stay with his command
and defend the Alamo, but he gives the other defenders the option of leaving. Crockett, Bowie and their men prepare to
leave, but an inspired tribute by Travis convinces them to stay and fight to the end. The noncombatants, including most
of the women and children, leave the Alamo.
On the thirteenth day of the siege, Santa Anna's artillery bombards the Alamo and kills or wounds several Texans. The
entire Mexican army sweeps forward, attacking on all sides. The defenders kill dozens of charging Mexicans, but the
attack is overwhelming. The Mexicans blast a hole in the Alamo wall and soldiers swarm through. Travis tries to rally
the men but is shot and killed. Crockett leads the Texans in the final defense of the fort. The Mexicans swarm through
and overwhelm the Texans. The Texans retreat to their final defensive positions. Crockett is killed in the chaos when
he is run through by a lance and then blown up as he ignites the powder magazine. Bowie, in bed with his wound, kills
several Mexicans but is bayoneted and dies. As the last Texan is killed, the Mexican soldiers discover the hiding place
of the wife and child of Texan defender Captain Dickinson. The battle is over and the Mexicans have won.
Santa Anna observes the carnage and provides safe passage for Mrs. Dickinson and her child. Smitty returns too late,
watching from a distance. He takes off his hat in respect and then escorts Mrs. Dickinson away from the battlefield.
The subplot follows the conflict existing among the strong-willed personalities of Travis, Bowie, and Crockett. Travis
stubbornly defends his decisions as commander of the garrison against the suggestions of the other two - particularly
Bowie with whom the most bitter conflict develops - as well as trying to maintain discipline amongst a force made up
primarily of independently-minded frontiersmen and settlers. Crockett, well liked by both Bowie and Travis, eventually
becomes a mediator between the other two as Bowie constantly threatens to withdraw his men rather than deal with Travis.
Despite their personal conflicts, all three learn to subordinate their differences and in the end bind themselves
together in an act of bravery to defend the fort against inevitable defeat.
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John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey
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Director: John Wayne
Producer: John Wayne
Released - October 24, 1960
Length - 202 minutes
Music Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Movie Distributed by United Artists
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