Le Déserteur du Fort Alamo

Original title: The Man from the Alamo

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During the Alamo siege, John Stroud is sent to Ox Bow to protect the townsfolk but, following a massacre, he infiltrates Jess Wade's gang of turncoat renegades supporting the Mexicans.

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During the Alamo siege, John Stroud is sent to Ox Bow to protect the townsfolk but, following a massacre, he infiltrates Jess Wade's gang of turncoat renegades supporting the Mexicans.During the Alamo siege, John Stroud is sent to Ox Bow to protect the townsfolk but, following a massacre, he infiltrates Jess Wade's gang of turncoat renegades supporting the Mexicans.During the Alamo siege, John Stroud is sent to Ox Bow to protect the townsfolk but, following a massacre, he infiltrates Jess Wade's gang of turncoat renegades supporting the Mexicans.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

2.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win total

Beth Anders
(as Julia Adams)

Chill Wills

John Gage

Hugh O'Brian

Lt. Lamar

Victor Jory

Jess Wade

Neville Brand

Dawes

John Daheim

Cavish
(as John Day)

Myra Marsh

Ma Anders

Jeanne Cooper

Kate Lamar

Marc Cavell

Carlos
(as Mark Cavell)

Edward Norris

Mapes

Guy Williams

Sergeant

Carl Andre

Soldier
(uncredited)

Emile Avery

Soldier
(uncredited)

Trevor Bardette

Davy Crockett
(uncredited)

John Barton

Townsman
(uncredited)

Raymond Bond

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Bob Burns

Wagon Train Member
(uncredited)

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Trivia
According to a September 1952 Hollywood Reporter news item, Glenn Ford suffered three broken ribs during production when he was thrown against a tree by a horse. Filming was suspended for approximately five weeks.

Goofs
The revolvers employed by many of the characters all date from after the American Civil War (1861-1865). The film is set between the Battle of the Alamo (February/March 1836) and the Battle of San Jacinto (April, 1836).

Quotes
Davy Crockett: What did he say, Colonel?
Lt. Col. Travis: He just said if we don't walk out of here right now with our hands in the air, we won't walk out at all.
Billings: What are you going to tell him, sir?
Lt. Col. Travis: Is this cannon loaded?

Connections
Featured in Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005)

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Featured review

8/10

"I didn't know we were at War with Children"

There is always something interesting and just a bit different in this Director's Movies. This one is no exception. It is replete with thought provoking ideas like cowardice, bigotry, loyalty, and other values only found in the better Westerns.

This is an action filled Film with guns blazing, galloping Horses, Wagon Trains, bushwhackers, Mexican impersonators, fist-fights and all that is expected in this type of thing. But the difference here is the intelligence. The injection in a popular genre some things that rose above the material.

Budd Boetticher, Anthony Mann, and sometimes John Ford and Howard Hawks always gave more than the raw material. This is a modest effort from one of the Greats with an OK cast and a Production that looks so much bigger than it was. That was Boetticher, he was always so much bigger and better than what he was allowed.