Avaliação por scsu1975

Surprisingly entertaining flick, supervised by D. W. Griffith, loaded with plenty of action scenes. The acting is strictly hamola, and the history is somewhat screwy. For instance, did you know that General Santa Anna was a drug fiend, the Mexicans were drunkards and assaulted women? Did you also know that there was a secret entrance to the Alamo?

Concentrate on the battle scenes. They are realistic and pretty explicit in the violence shown. The actors playing Bowie, Crockett, and Dickinson were either very tall guys, or the rest of the cast was very short. Bowie sports some great sideburns, by the way.

There is speculation that Douglas Fairbanks appeared in a bit part for his first film role, perhaps even performing in blackface, but this has never been confirmed. The print I watched on Youtube was okay, but not good, so even if he was in the film, I'd never spot him.