The First Texan (1956) |
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| Director(s) | Byron Haskin |
| Producer(s) | Walter Mirisch |
| Top Genres | Western |
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Joel McCrea(as Sam Houston)
The First Texan
Released
1956
The First Texan
Released
1956
Joel McCrea
(as Sam Houston)
Felicia Farr(as Katherine Delaney)
The First Texan
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1956
The First Texan
Released
1956
Felicia Farr
(as Katherine Delaney)
Jeff Morrow(as Jim Bowie)
The First Texan
Released
1956
The First Texan
Released
1956
Jeff Morrow
(as Jim Bowie)
Wallace Ford(as Henry Delaney)
The First Texan
Released
1956
The First Texan
Released
1956
Wallace Ford
(as Henry Delaney)
William Hopper(as William Barrett Travis)
The First Texan
Released
1956
The First Texan
Released
1956
William Hopper
(as William Barrett Travis)
Roy Roberts(as Col. Sam Sherman)
The First Texan
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1956
The First Texan
Released
1956
Roy Roberts
(as Col. Sam Sherman)
Frank Puglia(as Pepe)
The First Texan
Released
1956
The First Texan
Released
1956
Frank Puglia
(as Pepe)
Lane Chandler(as Col. James 'Jim' Fannin)
The First Texan
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1956
The First Texan
Released
1956
Lane Chandler
(as Col. James 'Jim' Fanni...)
The First Texan Overview:
The First Texan (1956) was a Western - Film directed by Byron Haskin and produced by Walter Mirisch.
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THE FIRST TEXAN
Last week a wrote a post about the 2004 THE ALAMO. This week I viewed another film dealing with subject of Texas independence: THE FIRST TEXAN, a 1956 production that is a mini-biography of Sam Houston. Joel McCrea portrays Sam Houston, and here the statesman comes off like just about every other M... Read full article
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The First Texan Quotes:
Sam Houston:
You may have wondered why I delayed this attack for so long. I wanted Santa Ana to be positive we were running for the United States and then I wanted the Mexican army in a position from which it could not retreat. That's where it is right now. The Bay of San Jacinto is at their backs. All right are there any questions, gentlemen? Good luck - and remember the Alamo!
[last lines]
Deaf Smith: General Sam, what's the writin' on that paper say?
Sam Houston: Well, we've got a country officially now. This is an independent republic.
Deaf Smith: Who's going to be President?
Katherine Delaney: Sam Houston!
Deaf Smith: General Sam, what's the writin' on that paper say?
Sam Houston: Well, we've got a country officially now. This is an independent republic.
Deaf Smith: Who's going to be President?
Katherine Delaney: Sam Houston!
Santa Ana:
General, if I may so, you may consider yourself born to no common destiny. You have conquered the Napoleon of the West. Now it remains to you to be generous to the vanquished.
Sam Houston: You should have remembered that kind of philosophy at the Alamo, General.
Sam Houston: You should have remembered that kind of philosophy at the Alamo, General.
President Andrew Jackson:
Sam, some people have destiny sitting right on their backs of their necks. You're one of 'em. You're a born leader. When you talk, people listen because you love 'em. You'll fight for 'em and you'll die for 'em if you have to... and they know it.
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