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The Alamo Details

1960

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from 1994 members

The story of how a handful of Americans defended a ramshackle mission against a 7000 strong Mexican army. Read more

Starring	Richard Widmark, John Wayne, Joseph Calleia, Richard Boone
Director	John Wayne
Genres	Action/Adventure

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The Alamo

The story of how a handful of Americans defended a ramshackle mission against a 7000 strong Mexican army.

Starring	Richard Widmark, John Wayne, Joseph Calleia, Richard Boone, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Chill Wills
Director	John Wayne
Studio	MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 34 mins
Certificate
Collections	100 Wild Westerns
Genres	Action/Adventure
Language	DVD: English
Dubbed	German, French, Spanish, Italian
Hearing-impaired	English, German
Subtitles	DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish
Released	Production year: 1960 To Rent: DVD: 23 Aug 2004

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- An elephantine, historically inaccurate, stridently patriotic tribute to the handful of Texans who faced assault by... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:13
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- - 8
  - 5
  classic acting
  
  a classic of the seige of alamo as true to the facts as could be mr wayne made this one of his best
  
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  - gwent south wales
  - 14 Dec 2004 at 02:30
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  Sadly, I cannot recommend this film: it is too long and lacks too much
  
  I have always admired John Wayne as a screen star, I admire the way he directs this film (the only film he ever directed) and I think various aspects of the ... read more »
  
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- - roncoach
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  - suffolk
  - 29 Nov 2011 at 23:01
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  Lovely Film
  
  This is the true story,it realy did happen, a little fiction but most of it is real fact. Good stars and acting, you must see this film.
  
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  - Joby
  - 82 reviews
  - Uckfield
  - 17 Mar 2009 at 17:29
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  Disappointing
  
  This version was disappointing as it seemed to be missing a lot of the action and scenes. I subsequently found that the master film stock had been partly lost ... read more »
  
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- - Obisdad
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