13 day to glory tell the traditional tale with sympathy toward the mexican viewpoint . the major problem in this movie be that while cowboy actor jam arness play the part of jim bowie persuasively and the rest of the name actor in the cast brian keith ( davy crocket ) and lorne greene ( sam houston ) be too old . raul julia play general antonio lopez de santa anna with grace and dignity owe to the professional soldier who after all win the battle . the scene where he upbraid his officer for fail to mount a guard and prevent a sortee be one the scriptwriter do not understand . fail to keep watch be a major remiss in the military . santa anna be within his prerogative to be angry . raul julia magnificently carry poor write through the scene . kathleen york be an impressive susannah dickinson and a woman who deserve to be remember for her courage . however and kathleen york might have be remind that a dickinson hail from pennsylvania they probable dis not sound very southron .