Lone Star
6.2
“The Battle for Texas and the Battle of the Sexes!”
Cattle baron Devereaux Burke is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam Houston from establishing Texas as a republic. Burke must fight state senator Thomas Craden, in the process winning the heart of Craden's newspaper-editor girlfriend Martha Ronda.
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Cast
23 people
Clark Gable
Devereaux Burke
Known for
Gone with the Wind
It Happened One Night
Ava Gardner
Martha Ronda
Known for
Earthquake
The Killers
Broderick Crawford
Thomas Craden
Known for
The Swindle
All the King's Men
Lionel Barrymore
Andrew Jackson
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
You Can't Take It with You
Beulah Bondi
Minniver Bryan
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
Make Way for Tomorrow
Ed Begley
Anthony Demmet
Known for
12 Angry Men
Hang 'em High
James Burke
Luther Kilgore
Known for
The Maltese Falcon
At the Circus
William Farnum
Tom Crockett
Known for
Samson and Delilah
Jack and the Beanstalk
Lowell Gilmore
Captain Elliott
Known for
The Picture of Dorian Gray
King Solomon's Mines
Moroni Olsen
Sam Houston
Known for
Notorious
Mildred Pierce
Russell Simpson
Maynard Cole
Known for
The Grapes of Wrath
My Darling Clementine
William Conrad
Mizette
Known for
Jake and the Fatman
Police Squad!
Vincent Sherman Director · Borden Chase Screenplay Howard Estabrook Story
Worldwide gross $3.9M · Budget $1.6M · United States release October 24, 1952
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Budget
$1,600,000
Worldwide gross
$3,922,000
Gross vs. budget
2.5×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 24, 1952
Theatrical
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