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Status
Released
Release
1952
Runtime
1h 34m
Available options inUS
The Battle for Texas and the Battle of the Sexes!
Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke, who 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.
15 Cast Members
Clark Gable
Devereaux Burke
Ava Gardner
Martha Ronda
Broderick Crawford
Thomas Craden
Lionel Barrymore
Andrew Jackson
Beulah Bondi
Minniver Bryan
Ed Begley
Anthony Demmet
James Burke
Luther Kilgore
William Farnum
Tom Crockett
Lowell Gilmore
Captain Elliott
Moroni Olsen
Sam Houston
Russell Simpson
Maynard Cole
William Conrad
Mizette
George Hamilton
Noah (uncredited)
Emmett Lynn
Josh, Printer
Charles Sherlock
Senator (uncredited)
