The Man From the Alamo (1953

1953 in film

The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*September 16 — The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:A...

) is a Technicolor

Technicolor

Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952...

 Western

Western (genre)

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 directed by Budd Boetticher, starring Glenn Ford, Julie Adams, Hugh O'Brian, and Guy Williams (the future Zorro).

Plot synopsis

During the siege at the Alamo, John Stroud (Glenn Ford

Glenn Ford

Glenn Ford was a Canadian-born American actor from Hollywood's Golden Era with a career that spanned seven decades...

) is chosen to leave the fort and warn the families of the mission's defenders of the impending arrival of General Santa Anna

Antonio López de Santa Anna

Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón , often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna, known as "the Napoleon of the West," was a Mexican political leader, general, and president who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government...

. But when everyone around him is wiped out by the Mexicans, Stroud has no proof that he was ordered to leave his post, and is therefore branded a coward.

Cast

• Glenn Ford
  Glenn Ford
  Glenn Ford was a Canadian-born American actor from Hollywood's Golden Era with a career that spanned seven decades...
  
   as John Stroud
• Julie Adams
  Julie Adams
  Julie Adams is an American film and television actress, sometimes credited as Julia Adams or Betty Adams.-Life and career:...
  
   as Beth Anders (as Julia Adams)
• Chill Wills
  Chill Wills
  Chill Theodore Wills was an American film actor, and a singer in the Avalon Boys Quartet.-Biography:Wills was born in Seagoville, Texas in 1902. He was a performer from early childhood, forming and leading the Avalon Boys singing group in the 1930s...
  
   as John Gage
• Hugh O'Brian
  Hugh O'Brian
  Hugh O'Brian is an American actor, known for his starring role in the ABC television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp .-Early years and career:...
  
   as Lt. Tom Lamar
• Victor Jory
  Victor Jory
  Victor Jory was a Canadian actor.-Biography:Born in Dawson City, Yukon, Jory was the boxing and wrestling champion of the Coast Guard during his military service, and he kept his burly physique. He toured with theater troupes and appeared on Broadway, before making his Hollywood debut in 1930...
  
   as Jess Wade
• Neville Brand
  Neville Brand
  Neville Brand was an American television and movie actor.-Early life:Neville Brand was born in Illinois. He was born to Leo and Helen Brand as one of seven children. Leo, was an electrician and bridge building steel worker in Detroit, where Neville was raised...
  
   as Dawes
• John Daheim as Cavish (as John Day)
• Myra Marsh as Ma Anders
• Jeanne Cooper
  Jeanne Cooper
  Wilma Jeanne Cooper , best known as Jeanne Cooper, is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Katherine Chancellor on the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless...
  
   as Kate Lamar
• Marc Cavell as Carlos (as Mark Cavell)
• Edward Norris
  Edward Norris
  -Selected filmography:-External links:...
  
   as Mapes
• Guy Williams as Sergeant McCauley