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A Fool’s Errand

by | Jan 15, 2018 | Features & Gunfights

The Alamo: John Wayne as Davy Crockett and Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie ride into the Alamo in a tracking shot from 1960’s The Alamo. Wayne, who produced and directed this patriotic epic, lost a fortune when the Western was savaged by critics and failed at the box office (although it later proved quite successful in re-release and on television and video). Despite its imaginative take on Texas history, Wayne’s film proved far m


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