The Man from the Alamo | |
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Directed by | Budd Boetticher |
Screenplay by | Steve Fisher D.D. Beauchamp |
Story by | Niven Busch Oliver Crawford |
Produced by | Aaron Rosenberg |
Starring | Glenn Ford Julie Adams Chill Wills |
Cinematography | Russell Metty |
Edited by | Virgil W. Vogel |
Music by | Frank Skinner |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Universal International Pictures |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.15 million (US)[1] |
The Man from the Alamo is a 1953 American Western film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Glenn Ford, Julie Adams and Chill Wills.[2]
During the siege at the Alamo, John Stroud (Glenn Ford) is chosen by lot to leave the fort and check on his family and warn other families of the mission's defenders of the impending arrival of General Santa Anna. But when everyone who stayed at the Alamo is wiped out by the Mexicans, Stroud is branded a coward. When Stroud returns to his family, he finds that they have all been killed. Stroud takes the initiative to help other families move to safety from the pursuit of Wade, a Santa Anna sympathizer.