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57% Critic Match
Lone Star
“The Battle for Texas and the Battle of the Sexes!”
5.7 / 10• 1952• 1h 34m•PG• English
Western
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Clark Gable
Devereaux Burke
Lead
Ava Gardner
Martha Ronda
Broderick Crawford
Thomas Craden
Lionel Barrymore
Andrew Jackson
Beulah Bondi
Minniver Bryan
Ed Begley
Anthony Demmet
James Burke
Luther Kilgore
William Farnum
Tom Crockett
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Vincent Sherman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Lone Star is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
