The read
A Balasaur Score of 54 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.5/10. It runs a compact 1h 15m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
In early spring of 1833, the smoldering resentment of American settlers in Texas against their oppression by Mexico dictator General Santa Anna/Ana coming to a head. When a decree is issued that no more Americans may enter Texas, William H. Wharton, fiery head of a faction determined on independence or nothing, warns Stephen F. Austin that the time for half-measures is past. Austin, responsible for bringing the Americans to Texas as colonists, reminds Wharton that a settler's revolt against Mexico would dishonor his name and the arrangements he had with the Mexican government. He gets the "Whartonites" to agree to a general convention of all colonists. Almerian Dickinson, biggest land owner in the settlement of Gonzales, deeply in love with his wife Anne, warns Wharton that a bloody revolt would endanger every wife and mother in the colony. He proposes they send Austin to Mexico City to ask Santa Anna to grant Texans a voice in their own government.
Ratings
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Harry L. FraserDirector
- Roby WentzWriter
Cast
- Earle HodginsStephen F. Austin
- Lane ChandlerDavy Crockett
- Roger WilliamsColonel Jim Bowie
- Rex LeaseColonel William B. Travis
- Jack C. SmithWilliam H. Wharton
- Bruce WarrenLieutenant Al Dickinson
- Ruth FindlayAnne Dickinson
- Lee ValaniosColonel James Bonham
- Edward Peil Sr.General Sam Houston
- Julian RiveroGeneral Santa Anna
- Willy CastelloGeneral Cos
- Paul EllisGeneral Castillion