The Alamo (1960) - Massing Troops
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- Опубліковано 19 січ 2017
- 1836, the province of Texas, under the possession of Mexico, rebels against the Mexican dictatorial authority and proclaims its independence. The General Sam Houston (Richard Boone) that commands the armed forces of Texas, is pursued by Santa Ana's troops, far superior in number. Houston decides to take refuge behind the Rio Grande in order to quickly reform a bigger army.
However, Houston needs time, he entrusts the Colonel Travis the mission to stem the progression of the Mexican army. The colonel entrenches himself and his fellowmen, in an old mission half destroyed and transformed for the occasion into a fortress. For 13 days, the legendary Davy Crockett (John Wayne), Jim Bowie (Richard Widmark) William Travis (Laurence Harvey) and 184 hardy Americans and Texicans hold the Alamo in hopeless combats against the massive Mexican army.
They know that the final assault will turn to a massacre, but they are ready to write down with their blood one of the most heroic pages of American history.
The Alamo was considered by John Ford as a masterpiece and ranks among cinema’s great classic and stirring movies.
Remember the Alamo !
Year : 1960
Duration : 2h 35m
Director :John Wayne
Scenarist :James Edward Grant
Actors :
John Wayne: Col. Davy Crockett
Richard Widmark: Jim Bowie
Laurence Harvey: Col. William Travis
Frankie Avalon: Smitty
Patrick Wayne: Capt. James Butler Bonham
Linda Cristal: Flaca
Joan O'Brien: Mrs. Sue Dickinson
Chill Wills: Beekeeper
Joseph Calleia: Juan Seguin
Ken Curtis: Capt. Almeron Dickinson
Carlos Arruza: Lt. Reyes
Jester Hairston: Jethro
Veda Ann Borg: Blind Nell Robertson
John Dierkes: Jocko Robertson
Denver Pyle: Thimblerig (the Gambler)
Aissa Wayne: Lisa Angelica Dickinson
Hank Worden: Parson
William Henry: Dr. Sutherland (as Bill Henry)
Bill Daniel: Col. Neill
Wesley Lau: Emil Sande
Chuck Roberson: Tennesseean
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams: Lt. 'Irish' Finn (as Guinn Williams)
Olive Carey: Mrs. Dennison
Ruben Padilla: General Santa Anna
Richard Boone: Gen. Sam Houston
Genre : Action,Adventure,Drama
Frame Rate : 24 fps
Music : by Dimitri Tiombin - Фільми й анімація
Laurence Harvey (artistic name), was a amazing professional actor, the his interpretation of W.B. Travis is unforgettable. The his great talent, was not understood by Hollywood. RIP
My favourite also. Great actor!
@@maxrostedt9047 Agree 100%...
The remake may have been more accurate, but this is my favourite version. Great film.
Les USA dans toute leur splendeur
Great? A man named Collins wants to talk to you.
@@johnmolina3284 I don't believe I know the chap.
Yep. John Wayne's The Alamo doesn't depict the proper events, because that's not what Wayne intended to do. What he wanted to do was to depict WHY WE REMEMBER the Alamo, and that I think he succeeded at immensely.
I really like this version as well, although I really liked Billy Bob Thornton in the 2004 version.
In my opinion 1 o the greatest films ever
They were outnumbered 10 to 1,stood defiant for 12 days,and were cut down on the morning of the 13th day.
Over an old mission that didn't even have any strategic importance. Santa Anna was just a vain man.
@Stego That's why I said vain man.
The importance was the old mission was behind Santa Anna's front lines. He couldn't start a campaign against the main Texan army with the old mission occupied. It would cause his troops to be harassed and his supply lines to be disrupted. That is the reason the Alamo had to be taken.
And they fought because Mexico had outlawed slavery....
The mexican army also had tanks, aircraft and robots and were very evil, just like all foreign troops in american movies, the americans were also super human soldiers and were the only ones who had souls
A ledgend
Yes, whatever "ledgend" is.
I wish to see the Alamo set
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I have seen both - a long way from Yorkshire! The greatest film ever made.
It's in Bracketville, Texas
I like Travis
Tell me this music doesn't sound like the imperial match from star wars.
Should have left on day 12!!!
"Then Steiner--I mean--Fannin will be here"
"Then Fannin will be here" .Wrong conclusion W.B.
Col Fannin would not make it. Sam Houston knew it but didn't tell Smitty
I don't think there would have been a battle if those two would have left.
Les troupes arrivent de jours en jours
He says prettiest army. 🤣 🤣 🤣 I'm dead. They look like cheerleaders 🤣 🤣 🤣
They were scared of Santa Ana's Army 🪖🎖️ and Mexico wasn't even fully Mobilized back then!!
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón won the battle but lost the War.
I like to see deleted scenes of the movie
No, you really don't. There is a director's cut out there and the final cut dropped a lot of speeches.
Viva México ,Arriba Hispanoamérica .
The alamo film was brilliant particularly the White America man says Antonio Miguel Lopez Santa Anna fancy name
War is A Game. Played by Grown Men. But the Thing is it's a Drawn up Plan of Time utilized, Resource's accumulated, the Logistics too fulfill the Plan set Upon & the Eventual Completion of the Plan Laid Forth.
I'm no Educated Person from past High School, Level teaching's. But over My Own Sixty Plus Year's of Reading, & Studying the Past & it's Historical Writings of War & Conflicts. They all have many Similarities, & many Difference's as Well? So if You Look Back at Them? They all tell how they Succeeded, or How They Failed in the End.
By Coincidence in The above Film. Later on when thing's have become Difficult for the Alamo's, Defender's too Cope with. Col. Travis', played by Sir Lawrence Harvey. Has too Explain His Action's & Tactic's too Davy Crockett after there's been a Squabble, amongst the High Command of the Mission.
As a Youngster or Teenager, in the Past. Those important Fact's & Moment's in the Storyline didn't mean Diddle Squart too Me, Back in those Day's or Year's. But over My life they made more & more Sense about Everything & Especially when it Pertained too War. Too continue without being Annoying 😜🙂. The above Clip is a Very Important Piece of the Movie's Overall Scheme. When John Wayne, Took it Upon Himself too Make this Great Story come too Life.
He is Said to of put Everything He had or Owned at that Time into it. To DO IT. He Believed it had too be Done. And it Also had too be Told Correctly & Most Definitely as Accurately as Well. Sadly it almost Made Him a Financial failure in the End. Alas that's Water Under the Bridge as they Say, and forgotten History of Movie Making. So My POV is that so many Thing's are Overlooked by the Regular Joe's? That Don't have too Contend with the Accumulating Detail's of Any Endeavor that We Take On. This is in Military thing's, & as well in just about Everything Else in Life. So I'll just Close by Saying that. IF One Hasn't Looked Ahead, Before? You Better Start Doing it Now. Instead of Later. FGT These are Only My POV so be Respectful & don't get Rude. To Whom Ever. Thank You for Down Loading the Above Clip. And Thank You for Sharing it.
Viva México...! Greetings from Serbia.....................!
Viva Servia desde España .
I love this movie....but for all of the texans suddenly proud on here, remember: Mexico outlawed slavery, and the rights these men were fighting for was the right to enslave other men. Remember that.
Not exactly. They were fighting for the right to make their own decisions. Spare us the racism.
@@formwiz7096 you apparently have not studied the history. The rights that they wanted was the right to own slaves, which was illegal under Mexican law.
@@formwiz7096 "They" were sent by the USA to conquer Texas. There had been a conscious decision by the US to send as many colonists as possible to out-populate the Mexicans. Also, much of the drive to conquer Texas was from slave states for the purpose of gaining more pro-slave territory. The Republic of Texas was a charade, and was always intended as an intermediary step towards annexation. Kinda like the Russians are doing to the Ukraine today.
@@formwiz7096 Yes the right to be slavers and to rob lands.
@@Balrog2005 and yet the Mexicans tried to run off the comanche and apache who had the land first.
Seems like the cannon fire could have knocked down the walls on the first day ?
The artillery was initially about 1,000 feet from the exterior walls and palisades. These were traditional smooth bore cannon firing steel balls, so accuracy was questionable at best, with many of the balls landing in the Alamo plaza, then picked up and shot back at the Mexicans by the Texian cannons.
Rifled artillery wasn’t properly developed until shortly before the American Civil War. Before that, the only way to reliably knock down walls was by firing higher caliber guns. These were obviously heavy, and unavailable the first day, as Travis explained.
I think you’d find lighter 6 pound field guns of the period to be woefully inadequate were you tasked with destroying a wall with one. Their efficiency is questionable at best even at medium range, and long range round shot is mostly a waste of ammo.
@@dauntless0711 The bangs were more intimidation than anything.
@@whiteknightcat Which makes sense, since their primary purpose was to be a lightweight anti-infantry support gun, (in the form of grapeshot and canister.) Round shot was the most effective in battering stone walls, and 6 pounders (being the smallest) were the guns least suitable for the task.
...Why was there a French flag being flown with those infantry? O.o
Perhaps a memory of the french tradition of the mexican army which is kind of build as a napolean army. In 1803 France sold to the USA what is now 22,3% of your territory.
529 911 680 acres at 3cents per acres. Sorry not relevant, perhaps the mexican soldiers can't see colors.
I don't think that's blue; I think it's just a darker green than the other flag
It was the elite "Frogophile" battalion. They ate stinky cheese and never bathed, but they had a habit of surrendering too easily.
That's the flag of the revolution that brought Santa Anna to power.
It has nothing to do with France. It’s a different flag that looks french
how did rabble of 200 men stand up against an army 2000 strong composed of veterans?
200 men against 7,000 combat hardened troops. This scene depicts the arrival of the advance force of the Mexican army. Not the entire army.
Mark Andrew modern weapons...200 would be enough...just like the little big horn.
Weight of numbers would still be against them. Just like the Little Big Horn.
Read some history on the subject...
But were the mexicans battle hardened?
This is a bunch of baloney! There were 253 Alamo defenders, and the Mexican attack force was only 1,400 men. Plus, the Alamo had more cannons and bigger ones too than the Mexicans. Plus, they had the shelter of the Alamo compound, and the Mexicans had to do with tents. The Alamo still fell; Travis committed suicide at the north wall when he saw all was lost. Crockett surrendered to the Mexican soldiery, only to be executed moments later. And Bowie, dying on a cot, while hiding under his bed covers - some heroes!
A superior number of cannon are useless if there is nothing to fire. The Alamo garrison was seriously under-provisioned and under-armed, rendering the artillery useless after a very brief time. A significant amount of powder had also been expended during the artillery duels leading up to the attack. The shelter of the compound was also of little advantage due to the length of the perimeter, leaving the walls and palisades very thinly defended.
Your claim of Col Travis committing suicide is, as far as I can tell, attributed to a single author who also wrote a second book alleging that not all defenders died inside the compound, but were cut down by cavalry in attempted breakouts. If you choose to believe author Phillip Tucker, then you have to add the 500 cavalry / lancers into the fray, bringing the total engaged Mexican forces up to about 1,800. There are, of course, conflicting sources and accounts, so you will have to choose what you wish to believe.
@@whiteknightcat Plus the men who manned the cannons were not experienced artillerymen, another negative on their part. However, the compound was very ideal for the defenders because it offered them shelter during the cold nights, whereas the Mexicans were camped outside in tents, a negative for them, and another labor. Yes, I know Mr. Tucker, and he is not the original source that Travis committed suicide when he saw all was lost. The original source is two of Col Seguin's men, who reported the event on the day of the battle. They went to Gonzales and told the people there and Houston, who believed their report of Travis committing suicide. As for Gen. Sesma's cavalry it numbered about 350 men; and yes, they took credit for killing at least 1/2 of the garrison of about 100-125 defenders who jumped the east walls of the Alamo compound to escape the infantry inside the mission. However, hoping to escape the battle inside they fell right into the arms of Sesma's cavalry, and were all killed.
the mexicans were over 4000 and plenty of cannon
bowie was very sick and still fought
the bodies were all burned
HEROES ALL TO TEXANS AND ALL FREEDOM LOVING People
@@lelonfurr1200 As I stated the attack force was about 1,400 men attacking all four sides of the Alamo compound. HEROES to the common Mexican soldiers who defended their land from illegal aliens from the States!
@@lelonfurr1200
"the mexicans were over 4000 and plenty of cannon"
FALSE - the Mexican forces numbered to about 2,000 - 2,100, and not all were deployed in the battle
bowie was very sick and still fought
MIX - Bowie was sick with tuberculosis but was bedridden during the final battle and was slain in his room
the bodies were all burned
TRUE
HEROES ALL TO TEXANS AND ALL FREEDOM LOVING People
FALSE - one of the factors in the dispute was Santa Anna's government's demand of no slavery which Texians did not want to agree to, with the same attitude persisting into the early 1860's, and the last actual slave being freed and the enslavers arrested in 1942 outside Beeville, TX. By tradition, Texas "freedom" has meant the freedom of one group to govern the lives and private affairs of others.
Travis...a dandy who got the entire force under his command slaughtered like sheep.
Unless you are stupid, they were not sheep. They fought like wolves that were cornered and inflicted heavy casualties to the Mexican army. 400-600 killed and wounded.
Those men lived in San Antonio. They were defending their homes.
@@karljohanlea5564 Not all of them, there were all kinds of odds and sods there, not least David Crockett and his men.
@Stego Where did you find the "official" records for Mexican casualties at the Alamo? I haven't seen anything that looks remotely "official". From what I have heard, from various sources, the total number of Mexican casualties was between 5 and 6 hundred with about 150 killed and over 400 wounded. How accurate that is I have no idea.
He was actually an excellent soldier who did his best to stall the Mexican Army, and he did so.