Display MoreThis is a TV movie, and not one of the better ones. Burt Kennedy must have printed every frame of film he shot. In fact, several times he shows them over again to take up time. Travis' last stand on the well is repeated so often, it's almost laughable.
Mrs. Dickinson is played as an in-your-face pioneer free spirit who tells off Santa Anna after the battle!
One hopes that Brian Keith was smashed through the whole production because that would explain his mumbling, listless performance.
The cribbed scenes from "The Last Command" don't mesh well with new footage that was shot at Alamo Village, using Wayne's set. The walls don't even match.
I think everyone's heart was in the right place but there just wasn't enough money to insure a decent production.
We deal in lead, friend.
The best spot on review of this very bad movie. One big disappointing film. I once ask Ethan if he wore the same rat-coon skin cap that his Dad wore. He wasn't sure.
Brian Keith could not have been more miscasted.
