The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory ★★ 1987
The legendary Davy Crockett (Keith), Colonel William Travis (Baldwin), and Jim Bowie (Arness) overcome personal differences to unite against the Mexican Army, vowing to hold down the fort or die. It takes a true Texan to fully appreciate the merits of this rather pedestrian retelling of a familiar story, but the battle scenes are pretty heady (although they lose some of their froth on the small screen). If nothing else, the ever-versatile Julia is worth seeing as Santa Anna in this made-for-TV rendering of J. Lon Tinkle's “Thirteen Days to Glory.” You may not want to remember the Alamo this way. 180m/C VHS . James Arness, Lorne Greene, Alec Baldwin, Brian Keith, Raul Julia, Laura Elena Harring; D: Peter Werner; M: Peter Bernstein.
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