The life of nineteenth-century pioneer Jim Bowie is portrayed.The life of nineteenth-century pioneer Jim Bowie is portrayed.The life of nineteenth-century pioneer Jim Bowie is portrayed.
Anthony Caruso
- Black Jack Sturdevant
- (as Tony Caruso)
Nedrick Young
- Henri Contrecourt
- (as Ned Young)
John Alban
- Casino Patron
- (uncredited)
John Albright
- Casino Patron
- (uncredited)
Leon Alton
- Riverboat Passenger
- (uncredited)
John Alvin
- Impatient Man in Tailor's Shop
- (uncredited)
Ernest Anderson
- Riverboat Cabin Boy
- (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
- Casino Patron
- (uncredited)
Salvador Baguez
- Mexican Artist
- (uncredited)
Richard Bartell
- Horse Race Starter
- (uncredited)
John Barton
- Gambling House Patron
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- GoofsThe knife-maker claims the meteorite he found is made of steel. Steel is a man-made substance using iron and carbon. Metallic meteorites contain an iron-nickel alloy.
- Quotes
Jim Bowie: Ma...I killed a man.
Mrs. Bowie: Did he need killin'?
Jim Bowie: About as much as any man ever did.
- Crazy creditsPrologue: "Historical truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. James Bowie was an example--literally carving his name in history to become an American legend."
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Red Balloon (1956)
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Alan Ladd's "Arkansas toothpick"
Alan Ladd heads a fine cast in this film biography of Jim Bowie, a life that was marked by thrilling adventure and violence which ended at the Alamo. Bowie's travels take him to New Orleans where fate takes a hand and changes the course of his life and American history. A central figure in the film is a beautiful but vain and selfish Creole girl with whom Bowie is hopelessly smitten. This girl is responsible for the deaths of several men over a period of many years, because of duels, accidental killings or outright murders. Bowie himself is obliged to fight duels for various reasons and his expertise with a knife becomes legendary. His reputation, forged by the iron mistress, follows him like a shadow throughout his life as he tries to put the young woman and his violent past behind him. The film has beautiful color, lavish sets and Max Steiner's brooding music score.
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- Apr 9, 2003
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- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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