en Gone to Texas (film)

*Gone to Texas*
Gone to Texas
Genre	Biography; Drama; History
Written by	Frank Q. Dobbs; John Binder
Directed by	Peter Levin
Starring	Sam Elliott
Music by	Dennis McCarthy
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	J.D. Feigelson
Producer	Frank Q. Dobbs
Production locations	Laredo, Texas; Alamo Village - Highway 674, Brackettville, Texas; Sam Houston Park - 1100 Bagby Street, Houston, Texas; Winedale Historical Farm - FM 2714, Round Top, Texas
Cinematography	Frank Watts
Editors	Mike Eliot; Paula Sanburn
Running time	144 minutes
Production companies	Friedgen Productions; J.D. Feigelson Productions; TAFT Entertainment Pictures
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	November 22, 1986

Gone to Texas is a 1986 American made-for-television biographical film originally titled Houston: The Legend of Texas.^[1] It stars Sam Elliott in the title role, and is a biopic of Sam Houston's years as Governor of Tennessee through his involvement in the Texas Revolution.^[2]

This production is notable for the complete absence of Davy Crockett in the Battle of the Alamo scenes.

Cast

Sam Elliott as General Sam Houston
Claudia Christian as Eliza Allen
Devon Ericson as Tiana Rogers
Ned Romero as Cherokee Chief John Jolly
Ivy Pryce as Erastus "Deaf" Smith
William Russ as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Travis
John P. Ryan as President David G. Burnet, President of The Republic of Texas
Michael Beck as Colonel Jim Bowie
Bo Hopkins as Colonel Sidney Sherman
James Stephens as Stephen F. Austin
Richard Yniguez as General Antonio López de Santa Anna
Peter Gonzales Falcon as Captain Juan Seguín
Michael C. Gwynne as Captain Moseley Baker
Donald Moffat as Colonel John Allen
John Quade as Senator William Stansbury
Ritch Brinkley as Senator Buckley
G.D. Spradlin as President Andrew Jackson
John de Lancie as John Van Fossen
Javier Grajeda as Mexican Lawyer
Robert F. Hoy as Colonel Burleson
Cynthia Cuprill as Emily
Blue Deckert as Thomas Rusk
Ambrosio Guerra as General Martín Perfecto de Cos
Jerry Haynes as Uncle Jimmy
Brad Leland as Sergeant Quinn
John B. Wells as Kuykendall
Dennis Letts as Captain Ross
Joe Morales as Captain Olivera
Dave Tanner as George Washington Hockley
Luis Munoz as Mexican Judge
David Peña as Colonel Almonte
John Nixon as Joe
Jerry Biggs as The Messenger
J.D. Feigelson as Military Officer At Wedding Ball
Andy Stahl as Robinson
Kevin R. Young as Captain Coleman
Jimmy Ray Pickens as Taylor
Roger Ragland as Texan Patriot (uncredited)
Bill Chemerka as Executed Texan (uncredited)
James Monroe Black as Colonel James Fannin (uncredited)
Paul Suarez as Drummer Dick (uncredited)
Mark Sevier as The Anahuac Delegate (uncredited)
Katharine Ross as Susannah Dickinson (uncredited)
William Schallert as The Narrator

References

^ "Gone to Texas". www.tcm.com. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
^ Pitts, Michael R. (2013). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-4766-0090-1.

External links

Gone to Texas at IMDb

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[1] "Gone to Texas". www.tcm.com. Retrieved February 18, 2021.

[2] Pitts, Michael R. (2013). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-4766-0090-1.

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