The success of "Room at the Top" led to Hollywood offers and Harvey decided to spend the next three years focusing on films. He was in John Wayne's epic "The Alamo" (1960), being John Wayne's personal choice to play Alamo commandant William Barret Travis. He had been impressed by Harvey's talent and ability to project the aristocratic demeanor Wayne believed Travis possessed. Harvey and Wayne later expressed their mutual admiration and satisfaction at having worked together. "The Alamo" was a hit (although the enormous cost meant the film lost money).