mikemelvyn2 Colonel William B. Travis Santa Anna's Cousin Colonel James Bowie Santa Anna's Second Cousin General Sam Houston General Cos's Husband General Cos Santa Anna's wife they all are related to Santa Anna Colonel Juan Almonte Santa Anna's nephewmy favorite part of this movie is when Santa Anna Raul Julia slaps Almonte and tells him don't be mentioning Bowie's name and don't mention that coward Houston my second favorite part is during day 13 when Joe tells Travis its 4 O clock Colonel is there movement not along the south and west wall. Travis dies in this movie along the north wallSanta Anna Orders the Deguello to be played No Prisoners will be taken slit the throat,

lancasterray Only saw the second half, and not that sorry I missed the first. Brian Keith and James Arness are too old for their parts, as others have pointed out, but TV movies need names to draw viewers. Baldwin did a good job, perhaps a little under-whelming; while Raul Julia seemed to me to be a bit more "intense" than needed. Apparently David Ogden Stiers' character was well-paid by Santa Ana, or had designs on the Mexican Presidency, to stay around and absorb the crap dished out by His Excellancy. (Maybe that was addressed earlier in the film, which I didn't see.) The final battle was weak, and lacked any sort of reality. One of my complaints was the rapidity of fire from the defenders' single-shot weapons. And they couldn't push those rickety ladders off the walls faster than that? Anyway, it's more believable than The Duke's version, but in general only barely worth the time to watch it.

DanPacino This film, The Alamo:Thirteen Days to Glory, is utter rubbish. The acting is awful, it is far too patriotic and its historical accuracy is not always at its best (Historians would have a field day). It does have a few good moments but not enough to keep interest because it is far too long. Rating * out of **********.

Zibi I loved this movie. It really captured what went on in the Alamo and made you really respect and honor those men who bravely fought. I even cried at the end, it was so sad. Watch the movie and learn a little history.