Released:
1937-08-07

Overview:
In early spring of 1833, the smoldering resentment of American settlers in Texas against their oppression by Mexico dictator General Santa Anna/Ana coming to a head. When a decree is issued that no more Americans may enter Texas, William H. Wharton, fiery head of a faction determined on independence or nothing, warns Stephen F. Austin that the time for half-measures is past. Austin, responsible for bringing the Americans to Texas as colonists, reminds Wharton that a settler's revolt against Mexico would dishonor his name and the arrangements he had with the Mexican government. He gets the "Whartonites" to agree to a general convention of all colonists. Almerian Dickinson, biggest land owner in the settlement of Gonzales, deeply in love with his wife Anne, warns Wharton that a bloody revolt would endanger every wife and mother in the colony. He proposes they send Austin to Mexico City to ask Santa Anna to grant Texans a voice in their own government.

Director:
Harry L. Fraser

Runtime:
1h 15min

Genre:
History, Western, War

• Cast:
• 
  Earle Hodgins
  as
  Stephen F. Austin
• 
  Lane Chandler
  as
  Davy Crockett
• 
  Roger Williams
  as
  Colonel Jim Bowie
• 
  Rex Lease
  as
  Colonel William B. Travis
• 
  Jack C. Smith
  as
  William H. Wharton