In thirteen chapters, lon tinkle tells the daybyday story of how. Davy crockett, jim bowie and a handful of texans met santa anna. The only remnant of his involvement was the retention of the subtitle of the movie, thirteen days to glory. Days of glory 2006 brrip xvidhd hc eng subs proper 720p npw sample duration. Highlights of this film are the battle action scenes. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. The movies writers used this information to create the script. Nov 03, 2019 watch alamo days to glory prime video alamo days to glory 25 61 2h 20min 1987 in 1836 at the alamo 181 texas rebels led by jim bowie davy crokett and col william travis make a heroic last stand against the mexican army of several thousand men led by general santa anna lon tinkle wrote a book that lists what is known about the alamo. Lee majors, david carradine, burt kennedy, jerry jameson. Against orders and with no help of relief texas patriots led by.
The movie is entertaining, enlighting, and is useful for instruction. Most of our subscribers receive their discs within two business days. The siege of the alamo volume 2 southwest landmarks tinkle. With james arness, brian keith, alec baldwin, david ogden stiers. Rachid boucharebs days of glory is a rousing, oldfashioned world war ii platoon movie in the gritty tradition of combat pictures like don siegels hell is for heroes, sam fullers the big red one and steven spielbergs saving private ryan.
Thirteen days to glory plot and find out who is in the cast and crew at. William travis make a heroic last stand against the mexican army of several thousand men led by general santa anna. Thirteen days to glory cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It marked the film debut of tamara toumanova and gregory peck. Robert gould shaw matthew broderick is offered command of the united states first allafricanamerican regiment, the 54th massachusetts volunteer infantry. Brian keith plays davy crockett and james arness is jim bowie who, although at. It is a story filled with human drama, and lon tinkle captures that drama well in his 1958 book days to glory. This journey into the scriptures of the prophets invites you to meet the one true god and understand his plan to rescue his rebellious subjects from the kingdom of darkness and qualify them to live with him forever in his kingdom of light. May, harvard professor who wrote the book on which it was based, on the accuracy of the movie. William travis alec baldwin, is able to focus upon the battle against the mexican soldiers. The alamo siege lasted for days between february 23 march 6, 1836.
Apr 10, 2012 it has even been shown as a background piece in movies focusing on the texas revolution as a whole. My students got extra credit for finding the movies facts, while learning and retaining valuable information. James arness, brian keith, alec baldwin the valor and anguish of the alamo is resurrected in this 80s effort that features a. The thirteen day defense of the alamo by texans who sought to make texas independent from mexico has long since passed into legend. Like song of russia and mission to moscow before it, days of glory is a paean to the courage and resourcefulness of the soviet union during ww2 this was long before the russians became the stock villains in hollywood films. A few minor points prevented me from giving this movie 5 stars. Thirteen days to glory 1987 was made for tv and directed by one of dukes directors, burt kennedy. Thirteen days in 145 minutes commentary by ernest r.
Apr 01, 2007 days of glory begins with the recruitment of arab soldiers in 1943 algeria and morocco to take part in the invasion of italy and then to the liberation of mainland france. Thirteen days to glory the 1987 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Like song of russia and mission to moscow before it, days of glory is a paean to the courage and resourcefulness of the soviet union during ww2 this was long before the russians became the stock. Jul 15, 2011 a few days later, briggle sent over a book by his college professor at southern methodist in dallas. Jan 21, 2015 watch days of glory 1944 trailer film gorillas on dailymotion. Kennedy and his advisers study highaltitude photos and intelligence reports, and wonder if khrushchevs word can be trusted. It is also worth noting that this movie was the final film appearance of lorne greene. Roger ebert of the chicago suntimes gave thirteen days a rating of 3 stars out of 4, and said the movie s taut, flat style is appropriate for a story that is more about facts and speculation than about action. Publication date 1958 topics mexican war, 18461848.
With junior officer cabot forbes cary elwes, shaw puts together a strong and proud unit, including the escaped slave trip denzel washington and the wise gravedigger john rawlins morgan freeman. Thirteen days to glory tv movie 1987 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The siege of the alamo volume 2 southwest landmarks tinkle, lon on. This movie is unique in that it focuses on bowie as the main. It is also worth noting that this movie was the final film. Producer casey robinson took a gamble with the project, casting the leading roles with movie newcomers. The director did an excellent job of conveying a lot of historical fact without turning it into a documentary but there were a few places where a little bit of editing would have. Thirteen days to glory 1987 tv movie by fries entertainment, metrogoldwyn mayer. Thirteen days to glory movie, hero, heroine, etc is available in our gallery section. Overall, thirteen days is an excellent historical drama. Days of glory is a grim reflection on the events of world war ii from the perspective of the unrewarded bravery and loyalty of colonial algeria to liberate france from germany. They also learned facts that are disputed and decided for themselves whether to accept them or not. In fact the duke connection goes on to include star james arness, and dukes son ethan wayne.
Thirteen days to glory tv movie 1987 trivia on imdb. After the alamo falls to the mexicans, santa anna raul julia orders susannah dickinson to tell all about the alamo. Since 1998, dvd netflix has been the premier dvdbymail rental service. Have really enjoyed this movie and glad to be able to get it digitally to have when traveling. Skip to main content this banner text can have markup. Thirteen days to glory movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Given the delay in receiving messages from the alamo, the convention was not even aware of the full danger in time to save it. Days of glory is a 1944 american film which tells the story of a group of soviet guerrillas fighting back during the 1941 nazi invasion of russia.
It was only the second full length, nonfiction book to be published about the battle of the alamo, following john myers myers 1948 book, the alamo. The valor and anguish of the alamo is resurrected in this 80s effort that features a considerably accomplished cast. Thats really the key to this movie, travis comes of age as he has to take full. The alamo days to glory wikipedia the alamo days to glory. Colonel william travis tells the defenders of the alamo that their is no help coming and makes a line for those who whish to stay. Thirteen days to glory tv movie 1987 movies, tv, celebs, and more. And if the word glory in the english title reminds you of the 1989 multipleoscarwinning movie with morgan freeman and denzel washington, about. The alamo thirteen days to glory tv movie 1987 imdb the alamo thirteen days to glory james arness variation of his mentor john waynes 1960 classic attempts to present the famous 1836 texas siege in human terms utilizing the more intimate medium of television to make the story of the defenders more understandable. Split the difference in years between the two major movies, and we get a tv movie from 1987, the alamo. To ask other readers questions about days to glory, please sign up.
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