Rotten
Interminable.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
The Alamo
The Mission That Became a Fortress! The Fortress That Became a Shrine!
1960 · 3h 22m · Approved
Adventure, History, War, Western
Directed by
John Wayne
Overview
The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
Director and cast
- John Wayne Director
- John Wayne as Col. Davy Crockett
- Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie
- Laurence Harvey as Col. William Travis
- Frankie Avalon as Smitty
- Patrick Wayne as Capt. James Butler Bonham
- Linda Cristal as Flaca
- Joan O'Brien as Mrs. Sue Dickinson
- Chill Wills as Beekeeper
- Joseph Calleia as Juan Seguin
- Ken Curtis as Capt. Almeron Dickinson
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
55%
Tomatometer
Rotten
In spite of the painstaking attempts to explore the characters of the picture's three principal heroes (Bowie, Crockett, Travis), there is an absence of emotional feeling, of a sense of participation.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
An elephantine, historically inaccurate, stridently patriotic tribute to the handful of Texans who faced assault by 7,000 Mexican baddies.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Rotten
As his own producer and director, Mr. Wayne has unfortunately let his desire to make a "big" picture burden him with dialogue. His action scenes are usually vivid, his talk scenes are long and usually dull.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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