Directed by:
Byron HaskinScreenplay:
Daniel B. UllmanCinematography:
Wilfred M. ClineComposer:
Roy WebbCast:
Joel McCrea, Felicia Farr, Jeff Morrow, Wallace Ford, Abraham Sofaer, Jody McCrea, Chubby Johnson, William Hopper, Roy Roberts, James Griffith, Nelson Leigh (more)Plots(1)
Determined to escape politics and strife, Sam Houston crosses the Red River into Texas - into the tumultuous politics and looming conflict of the Free Texas movement. From Houston's early reluctance to join the Texas cause to his interactions with familiar historical figures (Davy Crockett and Andrew Jackson among them) to his victory over the forces of General Santa Ana at the Battle of San Jacinto, The First Texan traces the exploits of the man who would be president of the Texas Republic. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Joel McCrea
USA
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Colorado Territory (1949)
Felicia Farr
USA
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Charley Varrick (1973)
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Jeff Morrow
USA
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Wallace Ford
UK
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Abraham Sofaer
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Jody McCrea
USA
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Chubby Johnson
USA
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William Hopper
USA
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Roy Roberts
USA
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James Griffith
USA
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Nelson Leigh
USA
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Lane Chandler
USA
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Kenner G. Kemp
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Carl Benton Reid
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Harold Miller
USA
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Al Haskell
USA
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Franklyn Farnum
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Charles Horvath
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Dayton Lummis
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Cosmo Sardo
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