The Alamo
1960 · 202 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 18,487 VOTES · DIR. John Wayne
Overview
The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,181 lines
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00:00:34 For more than a century armed conflict deprived it of its sacred purpose.
00:04:47 (man) It's sad, isn't it?
00:08:11 And now you oppose Matamoros, where victory will be as sweet.
00:12:35 They'll come back.
00:18:24 The Bexarenos called it the Alamo, after Alamo de Parras
00:21:35 Oh, God. I love this place.
00:24:27 Davy Crockett, the Lion of the West.
00:28:46 You don't like the outcome, you change the rule?
00:34:18 Yes, but it may not be necessary.
00:38:18 No, Excelencia.
00:41:38 and then I cut his heart out.
00:46:56 (Bowie chuckles)
00:51:42 You heard the colonel.
00:55:56 jumping the Mississippi or riding that lightning bolt?
01:01:15 (cheering and whooping)
01:06:01 Gracias.
01:11:40 And if it ain't the prettiest bunch of Texians I ever seen.
01:17:46 I have here pieces of paper
01:23:33 I'll see about fetchin' you a bottle.
01:30:16 And if they surrender?
01:41:01 (gunshot/man screams)
01:49:22 (soldier #2) Burn this barn!
01:52:48 a sloping plain
01:58:08 But that is for tomorrow, gentlemen!
Cast & Characters
John Wayne
Col. Davy Crockett
Richard Widmark
Col. Jim Bowie
Laurence Harvey
Colonel William Barret Travis
Frankie Avalon
Smitty
Patrick Wayne
Capt. James Butler Bonham
Linda Cristal
Flaca
Joan O'Brien
Mrs. Sue Dickinson
Chill Wills
Beekeeper
Joseph Calleia
Juan Seguin
Ken Curtis
Capt. Almeron Dickinson
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,181
Dialogue density5.8 lines / min
First line00:00:34
Final line01:58:08
Production Record
DirectorJohn Wayne
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12,000,000
Revenue$7,900,000
IMDb votes18,487