Lone Star (1952)

Director: Vincent Sherman

Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke, who 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

Clark Gable

Devereaux Burke

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

Lowell Gilmore

Captain Elliott

Moroni Olsen

Sam Houston