The Alamo (1960 film) film depicts the Battle of the Alamo and the events leading up to it. Sam Houston leads the forces fighting for Texas independence and needs time to build an army. The opposing Mexican forces, led by General Santa Anna, are numerically stronger and also better armed and trained. Nevertheless, the Texans have spirit and morale remains generally high. Lieutenant Colonel William Travis is tasked with defending the Alamo, a former mission in San Antonio. Jim Bowie comes with reinforcements and the defenders dig in. Meanwhile, Davy Crockett arrives with a group of Tennesseeans. Santa Anna's armies arrive and surround 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