Year: 1986
Runtime: 144 mins
Language: English
Director: Peter Levin
Sam Elliot portrays Sam Houston, the leader who helped forge Texas into an independent republic and commanded troops after the Alamo in the war with Mexico. G.D. Spradlin appears as President Andrew Jackson, Michael Beck as Jim Bowie and Richard Yniguez as General Santa Anna. The 3‑hour film premiered Nov 22 1986 as Houston: The Legend of Texas.
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