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The Alamo

Movie · 1960 · 192 min

A grand, old-fashioned epic that builds slowly toward a tragic, heroic stand, mixing camaraderie with inevitable doom.

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1960 film directed by John Wayne
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Year
1960
Runtime
192 min
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • survival
  • betrayal
  • loyalty
  • death
Places
  • military
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, Western, war
Directed by
John Wayne
Written by
James Edward Grant
Starring
John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Linda Cristal, Richard Boone, Chill Wills, Joseph Calleia
Music
Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography
William H. Clothier
Runtime
192 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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