Lone Star

Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke, who is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam Houston from establishing Texas as a republic. Burke must fight state senator Thomas Craden, in the process winning the heart of Craden's newspaper-editor girlfriend Martha Ronda.

Cast

Clark Gable

Clark Gable

as Devereaux Burke

Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner

as Martha Ronda

Broderick Crawford

Broderick Crawford

as Thomas Craden

Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

as Andrew Jackson

Beulah Bondi

Beulah Bondi

as Minniver Bryan

Ed Begley

Ed Begley

as Anthony Demmet

James Burke

James Burke

as Luther Kilgore

William Farnum

William Farnum

as Tom Crockett

Lowell Gilmore

Lowell Gilmore

as Captain Elliott

Moroni Olsen

Moroni Olsen

as Sam Houston

Reviews

John Chard

I'm frightened. For the first time in my life, I am frightened for the future of the United States. 1845 Texas, Independent, survived Alamo, Goliad and San Jacinto ... But Annexation? Quite often the joy in being a fan of genre film making, in this case Westerns/Southerns et al, is that a pic...

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