The Last Command (1955 film)

The Last Command
Directed by	Frank Lloyd
Produced by	Frank Lloyd/ Republic Pictures
Written by	Warren Duff (story by Sy Bartlett)
Starring	Sterling Hayden Arthur Hunnicutt Ernest Borgnine
Music by	Max Steiner
Cinematography	Jack A. Marta
Editing by	Tony Martinelli
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date(s)	1955
Running time	110 min
Country	USA
Language	English

The Last Command is a 1955 Trucolor film about Jim Bowie and the fall of the Alamo during the Texas War of Independence. Filmed by Republic Pictures, it was an unusually expensive undertaking for the low-budget studio.

Contents 1 Production 2 Cast 3 References 4 References 5 External links

Production

The film was originally set to be produced and directed by John Wayne^[1] but Wayne and Republic Pictures head Herbert Yates wanted Wayne to star, not produce or direct. Wayne left Republic to form Wayne-Fellows Productions. Five years later, Wayne would play Davy Crockett in, as well as direct, the three-hours-plus Todd-AO blockbuster The Alamo, released by United Artists that featured many elements of The Last Command in its screenplay.

Max Steiner's theme song for The Last Command , "Jim Bowie", is sung by musical film star Gordon MacRae, who that year (1955) was starring in the smash hit film Oklahoma!, adapted from the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.

Released during the Walt Disney Davy Crockett frenzy, the film follows Jim Bowie (Sterling Hayden) who was initially a friend to Generalissimo Antonio López de Santa Anna (J. Carroll Naish) but now sides with the Texians in their bid for independence.

Cast

• Sterling Hayden -- Jim Bowie
• Richard Carlson -- William Barret Travis
• Arthur Hunnicutt -- Davy Crockett
• Ernest Borgnine -- Mike Radin
• J. Carrol Naish -- General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
• Anna Maria Alberghetti -- Consuela de Quesada
• John Russell -- Captain Almaron Dickinson
• Virginia Grey -- Mrs. Dickinson (Susanna Dickinson)
• Jim Davis -- Ben Evans
• Eduard Franz -- Lorenzo de Zavala
• Otto Kruger -- Stephen F. Austin
• Russell Simpson -- The Parson
• Roy Roberts -- Dr. Summerfield
• Slim Pickens -- Abe
• Hugh Sanders -- Sam Houston
• Ben Cooper—Jeb Lacey

References

Turner Classic Movies article ^[2]

References

External links

• The Last Command at the Internet Movie Database

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