Lone Star
The Battle for Texas and the Battle of the Sexes!
1952 · 1h 34m · APPROVED
Western
Directed by
Vincent Sherman
Overview
Cattle baron Devereaux Burke is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam Houston from establishing Texas as a republic. Burke must fight state senator Thomas Craden, in the process winning the heart of Craden's newspaper-editor girlfriend Martha Ronda.
Director and cast
- Vincent Sherman Director
- Clark Gable as Devereaux Burke
- Ava Gardner as Martha Ronda
- Broderick Crawford as Thomas Craden
- Lionel Barrymore as Andrew Jackson
- Beulah Bondi as Minniver Bryan
- Ed Begley as Anthony Demmet
- James Burke as Luther Kilgore
- William Farnum as Tom Crockett
- Lowell Gilmore as Captain Elliott
- Moroni Olsen as Sam Houston
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