The Alamo (2004 film) waiting for two weeks for what they expect to be certain death, and it somehow succeeds in taking those pop-culture brand names like Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie and giving them human form." He gave the film 3 and a half stars out of 4. The film was a massive box office flop. First weekend earnings were only US$9.1 million, and its opening was overshadowed by a resurgent "The Passion of the Christ". The film ended with $22.4 million in the domestic market (United States and Canada), and only $25.8 million in total on a $107 million budget. "The Alamo"
Laurence Harvey Signoret and Heather Sears co-starred as Lampton's married lover and eventual wife respectively. It was the third most popular movie at the British box office in 1959 and a hit in the USA. Harvey followed it with a musical, "Expresso Bongo" (1959), a film best remembered for introducing Cliff Richard. "Room at the Top" led to Hollywood offers starting with John Wayne's epic "The Alamo" (1960). Harvey was John Wayne's personal choice to play Alamo commandant William Barret Travis. He had been impressed by Harvey's talent and ability to project the aristocratic demeanor Wayne believed Travis possessed. Harvey and Wayne