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The Alamo (1960)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:7
Rotten:6
Average Rating:5.4/10
Runtime: 4 hrs 6 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: The Duke directs (with the uncredited help of his friend and mentor John Ford) this flag-waving spectacular about the courageous struggle by 182 American heroes to defend a small Catholic mission... The Duke directs (with the uncredited help of his friend and mentor John Ford) this flag-waving spectacular about the courageous struggle by 182 American heroes to defend a small Catholic mission to the death and eventually win Texas with the help of Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston. The restored, widescreen edition of Wayne's epic is at the original length and includes the theatrical trailer. Academy Award Nominations: 7, including Best Picture, Best Song ("Green Leaves of Summer"). Academy Awards: Best Sound. [More]
Starring: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Richard Boone
Starring: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Richard Boone, Frankie Avalon
Director: John Wayne
Director: John Wayne
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
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Reviews for The Alamo
John Wayne doesn't appear for the first twenty minutes of The Alamo, his 1960 directorial debut, and that's a bad sign.
Could Wayne have crafted a better film if he only tried his hand at directing, instead of putting on the hero's mantle as well? Doubtful.
Despite a banal and preachy script, full of speeches about religion and patriotism,the film has some good action sequences; overall, it's not worse than the 2004 remake starring Billy Bob Thornton.
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