Overview

In early spring of 1833, the smoldering resentment of American settlers in Texas against their oppression by Mexico dictator General Santa Anna/Ana coming to a head. When a decree is issued that no more Americans may enter Texas, William H. Wharton, fiery head of a faction determined on independence or nothing, warns Stephen F. Austin that the time for half-measures is past. Austin, responsible for bringing the Americans to Texas as colonists, reminds Wharton that a settler's revolt against Mexico would dishonor his name and the arrangements he had with the Mexican government. He gets the "Whartonites" to agree to a general convention of all colonists. Almerian Dickinson, biggest land owner in the settlement of Gonzales, deeply in love with his wife Anne, warns Wharton that a bloody revolt would endanger every wife and mother in the colony. He proposes they send Austin to Mexico City to ask Santa Anna to grant Texans a voice in their own government.

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Cast

Earle Hodgins

Stephen F. Austin

Lane Chandler

Davy Crockett

Roger Williams

Colonel Jim Bowie

Rex Lease

Colonel William B. Travis

Ruth Findlay

Anne Dickinson

Edward Peil Sr.

General Sam Houston

Willy Castello

General Cos

Paul Ellis

General Castillion

Jim Corey

Hank Hunter

Steve Clark

Frank Hunter