The Alamo (1960 film) The Alamo (1960 film) The Alamo is a 1960 American historical epic war film about the 1836 Battle of the Alamo produced and directed by John Wayne and starring Wayne as Davy Crockett. The picture also stars Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie and Laurence Harvey as William B. Travis, and the supporting cast features Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Joan O'Brien, Chill Wills, Joseph Calleia, Ken Curtis, Ruben Padilla as Santa Anna, and guest star Richard Boone as Sam Houston. The motion picture was photographed in 70 mm Todd-AO by William H. Clothier and released by United Artists. The
Linda Cristal taking on her first English-language role as Margarita in the 1956 Western film "Comanche". Following her Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year in "The Perfect Furlough" (1958), Cristal went on to roles in "Cry Tough" (1959), "Legions of the Nile" (1959), "The Pharaohs' Woman" (1960), and was asked by John Wayne to play the part of Flaca in his epic "The Alamo" (1960). In 1961 she had a key role in the western "Two Rode Together". Along with these and other film roles, Cristal appeared in episodes of network television series. She played a kidnapped Countess opposite