stephen bruton played jim bowie in the alamo movie.
stephen bruton played jim bowie in the alamo movie.
who played jim bowie in the alamo movie?
stephen bruton
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bullet::::- john wayne as col. davy crockett, a larger-than-life legend from tennessee who arrives at the alamo bringing a band of fellow adventurers to the fight.









































bullet::::- richard widmark as col. jim bowie, a legendary figure like crockett, who shares command of the alamo with william travis, but bears ultimate authority only over his volunteer group.









































bullet::::- laurence harvey as col. william barrett travis, who shares command of the alamo garrison with bowie, but has ultimate authority over the regular soldiers.









































bullet::::- frankie avalon as smitty, the youngest of the alamo defenders, and one of crockett's tennesseans.
the alamo (1960 film)
according to todish "et al.", "there can be little doubt that most americans have probably formed many of their opinions on what occurred at the alamo not from books, but from the various movies made about the battle." the first film version of the battle appeared in 1911, when gaston melies directed "the immortal alamo", which has since been lost. through the next four decades several other movies were released, variously focusing on davy crocket, almeron dickinson, and louis rose. the alamo achieved prominence on television in 1955 with "walt disney's davy crockett: king of the wild frontier", which was largely based on myth. in the early 1950s john wayne began developing a film based on the battle of the alamo. when he left his contract with republic pictures he was forced to leave behind a partial script. republic pictures had the script finished and developed into the 1955 movie "the last command". although the film had its historical inaccuracies, it was the most detailed of the films on the texas revolution. wayne continued to develop an alamo movie, resulting in the 1960 film "the alamo", starring wayne as davy crockett. although screenwriter james edward grant claimed to have done extensive historical research, according to todish "there is not a single scene in "the alamo" which corresponds to an historically verifiable incident", and historians j. frank dobie and lon tinkle demanded that their names be removed from the credits as historical advisors. the movie was banned in mexico. the set built for the movie, alamo village, includes a replica of the alamo mission and the then-mexican city of san antonio and is still used as an active movie set.
legacy of the battle of the alamo