Lone Star
Ex-President Andrew Jackson recruits cattleman Devereaux Burke to travel through hostile Indian land, find Texas hero Sam Houston and persuade him to support annexation. In exchange, Burke will gain a contract to sell beef to U.S. forces.
Price: | $11.50 |
List Price: |
|
You Save: | $1.49 (11% Off) |
Available:
Usually ships in 5-7 business days
Made-on-Demand
|
DVD-R Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 34 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: September 9, 2011
- Originally Released: 1952
- Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Clark Gable, Ava Gardner & Broderick Crawford | |
Performer: | Lionel Barrymore, Beulah Bondi, Ed Begley & James Burke | |
Directed by | Vincent Sherman | |
Edited by | Ferris Webster | |
Written by | Borden Chase & Howard Estabrook | |
Composition by | David Buttolph | |
Cinematography by | Harold Rosson | |
Story by | Howard Estabrook | |
Produced by | Z. Wayne Griffin | |
Director of Photography: | Harold Rosson |
Entertainment Reviews:
60%
AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 194
The mark of the formula is on Lone Star all right, but it's a good formula for Gable and Director Sherman has made it a slick and fast-moving movie.
Full Review
Washington Star
Nearly every turn of the story can be guessed well in advance, and the other turns are too fantastic to be believable.
Full Review
Associated Press
...Lively....A rip-roaring shoot-out finale... -- Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly
Description by OLDIES.com:
Will Texas be independent or a U.S. state? Ex-President Andrew Jackson recruits cattleman Devereaux Burke to travel through hostile Indian land, find Texas hero Sam Houston and persuade him to support annexation. In exchange, Burke will gain a contract to sell beef to U.S. forces during the war with Mexico sure to follow statehood. He'll also garner something unexpected: the love of beauteous Austin newspaper publisher Martha Ronda.
Product Description:
Clark Gable is a Texas cattle baron who locks horns with politician Broderick Crawford. Their feud reaches a fever pitch when Gable falls in love with Crawford's fiancee.
Keywords:
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 16,192
- UPC: 883316351697
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
- International Shipping: 1 item