Cast & Crew

Directed by

George Nicholls Jr.

Writing Credits

Wells Root
(screenplay) &
Edward E. Paramore Jr.
(screenplay) (as E.E. Paramore Jr.) &
Jan Fortune
(screenplay)
Harold Shumate
(original story) &
Wells Root
(original story)

Cast

Richard Dix
Sam Houston
Gail Patrick
Margaret Lea
Joan Fontaine
Eliza Allen
Edward Ellis
Andrew Jackson
Ralph Morgan
Stephen F. Austin
Victor Jory
William B. Travis
Robert Barrat
David Crockett
Robert Armstrong
Jim Bowie
C. Henry Gordon
Santa Ana
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Lannie Upchurch
Max Terhune
Deaf Smith
Janet Beecher
Mrs. Sarah Lea
Pedro de Cordoba
Oolooteka
Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Allen
Ferris Taylor
Jonas Lea
Leon Ames
John Hoskins
Arthur Aylesworth
Polk Ridge Tennessean
Jack George
Orchestra Leader
Max Waizmann
Official
Ernie Adams
Tennessee Volunteer
Frank Balderrama
Texican
Jeanne Beeks
Ball Guest
William 'Billy' Benedict
Tommy
Chris Willow Bird
Indian
Stanley Blystone
Goodwin Davis
William A. Boardway
Ball Guest
John Bose
Tennessee Man
Dick Botiller
Mexican Soldier
Helen Brown
Woman Nursing Bowie Holding Child
Morgan Brown
Alamo Defender
Budd Buster
Wagon Driver
James Carlisle
Ball Guest
Horace B. Carpenter
Tennessee Man
Lane Chandler
Bonham
Tom Chatterton
Official
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Soldier
Sonny Chorre
Cherokee Tribesman
Edmund Cobb
Santa Ana's Aide
Iron Eyes Cody
Indian
Tex Cooper
Alamo Defender / Dancer (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Ball Guest
Jane Crowley
Townswoman
Fred Cutler
Sam Houston Jr.
Rube Dalroy
Tennessee Man
William Desmond
Tennessee Man
Dee Dodd
Little Boy
Joe Dominguez
Mexican Soldier
Edward Earle
Cmdr. Blake
J.C. Fowler
Ball Guest
Charles K. French
Military Officer
Jack Gargan
Ball Guest
George Golden
Ball Guest
Mildred Gover
Eliza's Maid
Herschel Graham
Ball Guest
Paul Gustine
Military Officer
Herman Hack
Alamo Defender
Pauline Haddon
Young Lady
Ethyl May Halls
Townswoman
Sam Harris
Ball Attendee
Edward Hearn
Undetermined Secondary Role
Russell Hicks
Mr. Allen
Earle Hodgins
Texan
Martin Hodnett
Young Boy
Otto Hoffman
Frightened Townsman
Olaf Hytten
Footman
Jack Ingram
Alamo Defender
Tiny Jones
Townswoman
Jane Keckley
Woman
Cy Kendall
Indian Affairs Agent
Jack Kenny
Townsman
Marlene Kisker
Little Girl
Fred Kohler Jr.
Alamo Defender
Al Kunde
Townsman
Anne Kunde
Townswoman
Ethan Laidlaw
Fighter with Houston
Carl M. Leviness
Ball Guest
George J. Lewis
Man at Tennessee Rally
Mary MacLaren
Woman
Chief Many Treaties
Cherokee Tribesman
Chris-Pin Martin
Massacre Survivor
Merrill McCormick
Mexican Army Officer
Nelson McDowell
Tennessee Storekeeper
Fay McKenzie
Young Lady
Charles Meakin
Ball Guest
George Montgomery
Young Lieutenant, Jackson Aide
George Morrell
Tennessee Man
Horace Murphy
Riverboat Captain
George Nardelli
Ball Guest
Bill Nestell
Texican
Frank O'Connor
Texican
Sarah Padden
Houston's Mother
Rose Plumer
Tennessee Woman
Cyril Ring
Ball Attendee
Jason Robards Sr.
Alamo Defender
Buddy Roosevelt
Alamo Defender
William Royle
Mexican Army Officer
Loretta Russell
Ball Guest
Francis Sayles
President Martin Van Buren
Lucile Sewall
Townswoman
Charles Soldani
Squirrel
Count Stefenelli
Ball Guest
Charles Stevens
Zavola
Harry Strang
Robert Watson
Hal Taliaferro
Tennessean
Jim Thorpe
Cherokee Indian
Chief Thundercloud
Cherokee Indian
Jack Tornek
Texican
Rosa Turich
Mexican Woman
Eleanore Vogel
Townswoman
Slim Whitaker
Anti-Houston Gossip
Dan White
Alamo Defender
Robert J. Wilke
Texican
Guy Wilkerson
Texican
Florence Wix
Ball Guest
Bill Wolfe
Tennessee Man

Produced by

Sol C. Siegel
associate producer

Music by

Victor Young

Cinematography by

Joseph H. August
(photography)
Ernest Miller
(uncredited)
Frank Redman
(uncredited)

Editing by

Edward Mann

Art Direction by

John Victor Mackay

Costume Design by

Adele Palmer

Production Management

Al Wilson
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Kenneth Holmes
assistant director
B. Reeves Eason
second unit director (uncredited)

Sound Department

Dick Tyler Sr.
sound recordist (as Richard Tyler)
Charles L. Lootens
sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Howard Lydecker
special effects

Stunts

Yakima Canutt
stunts (uncredited)
Duke Green
stunts (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
stunts (uncredited)
George Montgomery
stunts (uncredited)
Tom Steele
stunts (uncredited)
Bill Yrigoyen
stunts (uncredited)
Joe Yrigoyen
stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Edith Head
gowns: Gail Patrick
Eugene Joseff
costume jeweller (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Murray Seldeen
supervising editor

Music Department

Herman Hand
orchestrator (uncredited)
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