Lone Star poster
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IMDb6.1/10(1200 votes)
Director Vincent Sherman
Screenplay Borden Chase

Lone Star

Western1952

Tagline: The Battle for Texas and the Battle of the Sexes!

Release Date: 1952-10-24

Duration: 94 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Lionel Barrymore
    Andrew Jackson
  • Ava Gardner
    Martha Ronda
  • Ed Begley
    Anthony Demmet
  • George Hamilton
    Noah (uncredited)
  • Beulah Bondi
    Minniver Bryan
  • Clark Gable
    Devereaux Burke
  • Broderick Crawford
    Thomas Craden
  • William Conrad
    Mizette
  • Emmett Lynn
    Josh, Printer
  • Moroni Olsen
    Sam Houston
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