The Alamo (2004 film) was one of the biggest box office bombs of all time. The Alamo (2004 film) The Alamo is a 2004 American war film about the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. The film was directed by Texan John Lee Hancock, produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Mark Johnson, distributed by Touchstone Pictures, and starring Dennis Quaid as Sam Houston, Billy Bob Thornton as David Crockett, and Jason Patric as Jim Bowie. The screenplay is credited to Hancock, John Sayles, Stephen Gaghan, and Leslie Bohem. In contrast to the earlier 1960 film of the same name, the 2004
The Plunderers (1960 film) for Allied Artists. August was a production company established by Jeff Chandler in association with writer Bob Barbash and publicist Jess Rand. Chandler described the film as "not a Western though the locale is the West." Filming started 12 May 1960. Steve Broidy of Allied Artists was so happy with the film he requested three more movies from August, only two of which Chandler had to appear in. The Plunderers (1960 film) The Plunderers is a 1960 American Western film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Jeff Chandler and John Saxon. It was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1960.