All language subtitles for The.Alamo.1960.

GENERAL HOUSTON'S
ARRIVED, GENTLEMEN.

REFRESHMENTS?

THANK YOU, DOC.

SEVENTY-ONE COLD, WINDY,
RUMP-BUMPING MILES
SINCE YESTERDAY.

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE IT
ANY OTHER WAY, LIGHTFOOT.

COMPANY, TROT!

COMPANY, HALT!

TEN-HUT!

THAT IS ALL.

DON ESPARZA.

COMPADRE.

PARDON, GENERAL HOUSTON,
MAY I ORDER THE MEN
TO BIVOUAC?

THESE LAST TWO FORCED MARCHES
RATHER TOOK IT OUT OF THEM.

THE FOOT SOLDIERS MAY.

FEED THE OTHERS,
CARE FOR THEIR HORSES.

AND TELL THEM THERE'LL BE
ANOTHER FORCED MARCH
WITHIN THE HOUR.

YES, SIR. SERGEANT?

-YES, SIR.
-COME WITH ME!

-DOCTOR.
-SAM.

-DICKINSON.
-GENERAL, SIR.

GENERAL, IT AIN'T
NONE OF MY BUSINESS,

BUT YOU AIN'T ATE
SINCE YESTERDAY.

I'LL SET IT
ON THE TABLE HERE.

WHERE'S JIM BOWIE?

WHEN CERTAIN PEOPLE
AIN'T ATE,

THEY'RE MEANER
THAN A BOBCAT.

HA, HA, HA!

MR. DICKINSON,
I ASKED YOU A QUESTION.

WHERE'S JIM BOWIE?

HE'S INDISPOSED, SIR.

INDISPOSED? BY GOD,

IF YOU MEAN DRUNK,
YOU SAY DRUNK, SIR.

HE'S DRUNK, SIR.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

JAMES BUTLER BONHAM.

IN TRAVIS'
COMMAND, SIR.

HMM.

NEILL, YOU'LL GO NORTH
WITH ME.

COLONEL TRAVIS
WILL BE IN COMMAND HERE.

MAJOR, SIR.

COLONEL, TRAVIS.

I'LL SEND
THE COMMISSION THROUGH.

THANK YOU, GENERAL.

LET ME ASSURE
YOU THAT...

WE CAN DISPENSE
WITH THE AMENITIES, COLONEL.

NOW, I'VE BEEN GIVEN COMMAND
OF THE ARMIES OF TEXAS,

BUT THE FLY
IN THE BUTTERMILK IS

THERE AIN'T NO ARMIES
IN TEXAS.

A FEW GOOD FRIENDS,
SOME WILLING MEN.

I'LL HAVE TO KNOCK THEM
INTO AN ARMY.

AND TO DO THAT, I NEED TIME.

YOU PEOPLE RIGHT HERE
ON THE RIO GRANDE

ARE GONNA HAVE TO BUY ME
THAT TIME.

KEEP SANTA ANNA
OFF THE BACK OF MY NECK

UNTIL I CAN GET IN SHAPE
TO FIGHT HIM.

GENERAL, I ASSUME
YOU'RE ORDERING ME TO...

DAMN IT, I'M ORDERING YOU
TO COMMAND!

HOW AND WHAT YOU DO
IS YOUR PROBLEM!

BUT, SAM, WHAT
ABOUT JIM BOWIE?

JIM BOWIE, AS MR. BONHAM
HAS INFORMED US,
IS INDISPOSED.

YES, SIR. BUT I'D LIKE
TO POINT OUT, SIR,

THAT JIM BOWIE'S
LEADING 100 VOLUNTEERS,

WHEREAS
YOUNG TRAVIS HERE

COMMANDS LESS
THAN 30 REGULARS.

TWENTY-SEVEN.

GENERAL HOUSTON,
I THINK WE OUGHT TO
DISCUSS THIS...

CLEAR THE ROOM!

GENTLEMEN, I WOULD HAVE
A WORD WITH MR. TRAVIS

IF YOU'LL EXCUSE US.
CON PERMISO.

MR. TRAVIS,
WERE YOU GOING TO

COMPLAIN TO ME
ABOUT JIM BOWIE?

NOT COMPLAIN, SIR.

OF COURSE
JIM BOWIE'S DRUNK.

HE TOOK THIS TOWN
FROM GENERAL COS.

HE FOUGHT A BATTLE.
NOW HE'S DRUNK.

SEEMS KIND
OF NATURAL TO ME.

OR PERHAPS YOU QUESTION
SOMETHING OTHER

THAN BOWIE'S DRINKING?

YOU GOING TO TELL ME
THAT HE'S GOT A LOT OF
ACREAGE AROUND HERE,

HE'S MARRIED INTO
THE MEXICAN ARISTOCRACY?

YES, SIR.

MR. TRAVIS, I WOULD TRUST
JIM BOWIE WITH MY LIFE.

MORE THAN THAT I WOULD
TRUST HIM WITH THE LIVES
OF MY FAMILY.

AND MORE THAN THAT
I WOULD TRUST HIM
WITH THE LIFE OF TEXAS.

-SIR.
-THAT'S ALL, TRAVIS.

YES, SIR.

TRAVIS?

I'VE NEVER
BEEN ABLE TO LIKE YOU,

BUT YOU'RE ANOTHER
OF THE VERY FEW MEN

I WOULD TRUST WITH
THE LIFE OF TEXAS.

FOR THAT,
THANK YOU, SIR.

AND IT MAY
VERY WELL BE

THAT THAT LIFE RESTS
IN YOUR HANDS NOW.

JETHRO, IS THAT YOU?

YES, SIR, GENERAL,
THIS IS ME.

WELL, HOW DOES IT HAPPEN
YOU'RE STILL ALIVE?

YOU HAD WHITE HAIR
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY.

NOW WE LOOK LIKE WE'RE
ABOUT THE SAME AGE.

YES, SIR, BUT I'VE
BEEN A TEMPERATE

AND GOD-FEARING MAN
ALL MY LIFE, SIR.

[ALL LAUGHING]

WELL, I GUESS
MY PAST IS OUT.

JETHRO,
TELL YOUR MR. JIM

I'M SORRY TO HEAR
ABOUT HIS ILLNESS.

I WISH HIM
A SPEEDY RECOVERY,

AND ASSURE HIM
OF MY AFFECTION.

AND GENERAL SAM, SIR,
HE LOVE YOU, TOO,

AND THEM WORDS
OF YOURS

GONNA PUT HIM RIGHT
BACK ON HIS FEET.

HE GOT A COLIC,
YOU KNOW.

I HEARD.

IN THE STOMACH.

STAY TEMPERATE,
OLD MAN.

NEILL.

COLUMN RIGHT!
FORWARD, YO HO!

TAKE CARE, MEN.

AHH.

YOU ALL RIGHT,
MR. JIM?

YEAH.

SIT DOWN,
JETHRO.

[BLOWS RASPBERRY]

OHH.

CAN I GET YOU
SOMETHING, SIR?

OH, NO, NO.
YOU JUST SIT THERE.

HOUSTON'S GONE?

YES, SIR.

COME AND GONE,
AND ME LYING DRUNK.

WELL...

COLONEL TRAVIS!

BOWIE'S APPROACHING!

HALT!

CARRY ON, SENTRY!

RECALL WORK PARTIES!

PREPARE FOR
FLAG CEREMONY!

DETAIL, FORWARD MARCH!

HALT.

OFFICER: PRESENT

ARMS!

[BUGLE PLAYS]

SHOULDER ARMS.

WE STAND HERE READY
TO DO OUR DUTY

AND COGNIZANT
OF THE WILL OF GOD.

CAPTAIN DICKINSON,

DISMISS
THE CEREMONY!

OH, AND CAPTAIN,

YOU WILL INFORM THE MEN
THAT WORK DETAILS WILL BE
DISMISSED AT 4:30...

IN ORDER
THAT FAMILY MEN

MAY GATHER THEIR DEPENDENTS
WITHIN THESE WALLS.

YES, SIR.

LIEUTENANT BLAKE!

YES, SIR!

YOU WILL SEE TO THE QUARTERING
OF BOWIE'S VOLUNTEERS.

YES, SIR.
YOU MEN WILL FOLLOW ME!

-JETH.
-YES, SIR.

BLAKE WILL SHOW YOU
OUR QUARTERS. SET THEM UP.

YES, SIR.

COLONEL BOWIE.

SANTA ANNA'S
GOT AN ARMY OF 7,000 MEN.

SO?

WELL, YOU AIN'T
GONNA TRY TO DEFEND

THIS BROKEN-DOWN CHURCH

AGAINST 7,000
BATTLE-HARD TROOPS?

COLONEL BOWIE,
YOU WERE DRUNK

AT THE LAST
OFFICERS' CALL,

AND I WOULD RATHER
POSTPONE OUR DISCUSSION
UNTIL THE NEXT,

AT WHICH TIME I WILL
EXPLAIN MY PLANS

AND GIVE ORDERS
FOR THE IMPLEMENTING
OF THOSE PLANS.

HEY, JIM!

WHY DO WE HAVE
TO WORK LIKE THIS?

I VOLUNTEERED
TO FIGHT,

NOT TO BUILD
NO FORT.

HOW COME WE HAVE
TO WORK LIKE THIS?

BECAUSE OLD SAM
TOLD TRAVIS,

TRAVIS TOLD ME,

AND I'M TELLING YOU.

[BELL RINGS]

SOMEBODY COMING
HELL-BENT FOR LEATHER,

SINKING SPURS
AT EVERY JUMP!

HALT!

CORPORAL OF THE GUARD,
POST NUMBER ONE!

NO CIVILIANS MAY ENTER
THE FORT, SENORSEGUIN.
I'M SORRY.

-AMIGOS.
-AMIGOS!

LET 'EM THROUGH, DICK.

CAPTAIN DICKINSON.

YES, SIR.

COME TO MY OFFICE,
PLEASE, CAPTAIN.

YES, SIR.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

GOOD AFTERNOON,
COLONEL TRAVIS.

WE HAVE NEWS
OF SANTA ANNA.

MY SON AND I HAVE...

GOOD DAY, SENORSEGUIN.

SENOR,SURELY YOU SHOULD
REALIZE THAT THOUGH
YOU'RE THE ALCALDE

OF SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR,

IT DOES NOT EXEMPT YOU
FROM MILITARY PROHIBITIONS.

THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS CLOSED
TO ALL CIVILIANS.

I'M VERY SORRY,
COLONEL TRAVIS.

HAD I KNOWN
YOUR RESTRICTIONS

APPLIED TO ME
AND MY FAMILY...

NOW, WAIT A MINUTE, TRAVIS.

THE SEGUINS HAVE
NEWS OF SANTA ANNA...

I DON'T DOUBT. WE HAVE
A DOZEN RUMORS A DAY.

WELL,
YOU CAN'T JUST...

POR FAVOR,JUAN, TELL HIM.

COLONEL, THE INDIANS
OF SAN BLAS

SENT COURIERS TO THE VAQUEROS
OF MY PROPERTIES ALONG THE
SANGRE DE CRISTO.

THEY SAY LARGE NUMBERS
OF SOLDIERS

CROSSED THE BAJA DIABLO
TWO DAYS AGO.

AND THAT PUTS 'EM A LOT
CLOSER THAN YOU THOUGHT.

GO AHEAD, JUAN.

THE INDIANS GUESSED
THE NUMBER OF TROOPS
ARE OVER 5,000.

THERE ARE ALSO
LARGE NUMBERS

OF MOUNTED SOLDIERS
AND SUPPLY TRAINS.

ALSO, LOWER DOWN
ON THE BAJA DIABLO,

ANOTHER PARTY
OF INDIANS

SAW SIGNS
OF A LARGE NUMBER OF
SHOD HORSES.

I'M SORRY, SENORSEGUIN.

BUT AS A CIVILIAN
YOU CANNOT REALIZE

HOW WORTHLESS THIS
SORT OF INFORMATION IS.

SOME INDIAN TOLD
SOME VAQUEROS!

BUT ANYWAY,
THANK YOU, SIR,
AND GOOD DAY.

TRAVIS, YOU KNOW THE SEGUINS
ARE ABSOLUTELY RELIABLE!

YOU'LL EXCUSE ME.

I MEANT
NO PERSONAL AFFRONT,
SENORSEGUIN.

BUT I CANNOT MAKE
A PLAN OF ACTION
BASED ON THIRD HAND RUMORS.

I DO NOT TAKE PERSONAL
AFFRONT, COLONEL TRAVIS,

ELSE I SHOULD BE
FORCED TO ACT

OTHER THAN TO SIMPLY
BID YOU GOOD DAY.

ADIOS,JUAN.

JUAN: ADIOS.

YOU'RE A DAMN FOOL,
TRAVIS.

A TRUE GENTLEMAN,
SEGUIN.

I DISLIKE
BEING RUDE TO HIM.

EVEN ALLOWING
FOR A CHARRO'S
EXAGGERATION,

SANTA ANNA
MUST HAVE CROSSED
THE BAJA IN THE STRENGTH.

BUT I HAD TO DO IT, DICK.

I'D SAY WE HAVE
TWO OR, AT BEST,

THREE DAYS BEFORE
WE SEE HIS BANNERS.

THE MEN
WERE LISTENING.

I CAN'T LET
THAT RABBLE KNOW
HOW WEAK WE ARE

AND HOW STRONG
THE ENEMY IS.

YOU COULDN'T
DO THAT, EH?

NO, I COULDN'T...

MY HONEST AND TRUTHFUL
AND PLAIN-SPOKEN FRIEND.

YOU COULD, PERHAPS,
BUT I COULDN'T.

NOW TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS.

THIS OBLIQUE
RAMPART HERE.

WELL, HAVE SENSE,
DICK!

WHY SHOULD
THOSE MEN STAY

IF THEY KNEW
THE TRUTH
OF OUR SITUATION?

IT'S DIFFERENT
FOR BOWIE.

HE'S GOT A BIG STAKE
IN TEXAS. A COUPLE OF
MILLION ACRES I HEAR.

SOME OF THOSE MEN
DOWN THERE...
WHY THEY HAVEN'T GOT...

YOU GOT ANY
DOLLARS OR ACRES?

I'VE GOT AN EXTRA SUIT
OF CLOTHES. YOU KNOW THAT.

BOY, SO THAT'S IT...

SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR.

IT MEANS SAINT ANTHONY
IN ENGLISH.

COLONEL SPEAKS
SPANISH, YOU KNOW.

YOU GOING
TO PRAY, SIR?

BUT WHY, SIR?

I MEAN, THERE WASN'T
NO DOUBT WE'D FIND HER.

THE COLONEL
JUST WASN'T SURE

WHICH OF THESE CREEKS
WAS THE SHORTEST CUT.

HE AIN'T BEEN HERE
IN NIGH 15 YEARS.

BETTER MAKE
THE SIGNAL, BOY.

YES, SIR.

HOPE THIS POWDER
AIN'T DAMP.

YOU DON'T
TAKE IT WRONG

I ASK ALL THESE
QUESTIONS, PARSON?

NO, BOY. THAT'S HOW
YOU LEARN. ASKING.

YES, SIR.

SO MANY TIMES
EVERY DAY,

YOU STOP
AND GIVE THANKS.

MOSTLY,
I CAN'T CATCH ON

TO WHAT YOU'RE
THANKING THE LORD FOR.

I MEAN, THERE'S
NOTHING SPECIAL.

I GIVE THANKS FOR
THE TIME AND THE PLACE.

THE TIME AND PLACE,
PARSON?

THE TIME TO LIVE
AND THE PLACE TO DIE.

THAT'S ALL ANY MAN GETS.

NO MORE, NO LESS.

FIRE THE SIGNAL, BOY.

YES, SIR.

[GUNSHOT]

MUST BE PARSON
AND THE BOY!

I THINK SO!

WELL, THERE SHE BE,
COLONEL,

AFTER 20 DAYS
OF HARD RIDING!

MAN 1: WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO LEARN THE LINGO
THEY USE DOWN HERE, DAVY?

MAN 2: WHERE DO WE GO,
DAVY,

TO THE TOWN
OR TO THE FORT?

THERE'S NO FORT.
IT'S A MISSION.

YOU BETTER TAKE
A BETTER LOOK.

LOT OF PEOPLE
MOVING IN THERE.

THEM GUNS DON'T GIVE IT
NO MISSION LOOK.

COLONEL, WHAT DO
C-A-N-T-I-N-A SPELL?

CANTINA. DO IT MEAN
WHAT I THINK IT DO?

IT DO.

IT MEANS OUT OF
THESE DEERSKINS

AND INTO OUR FOOFARAW!

[MEN CHEERING]

HEY, YOU GOT MY COAT!

[MUSIC PLAYING]

HEY, PEDRO,

HAND ME DOWN
THAT GUITAR.

NOW, I WANT YOU FOLKS

TO ALL CLUMP IN HERE
CLOSE TOGETHER.

I WANT YOU TEXICANS
TO OPEN UP YOUR EARS

AND LISTEN TO A LITTLE
PURE TENNESSEE.

ALL: YAY!

♪ HERE'S TO THE LADIES

♪ I LOVE 'EM ALL

♪ HERE'S TO THE ONES
I RECALL

♪ HERE'S TO THE LADIES

♪ MARRIED OR FREE

♪ THEY ALL LOOK
PRETTY GOOD TO ME

♪ THE BIG AND SMALL ONES

♪ THE SHORT
AND TALL ONES... ♪

HALT!

♪ HERE'S TO THE LADIES

♪ I LOVE THE LADIES...

CAPTAIN DICKINSON,
SPLIT YOUR PATROL

AND SEND HALF
EACH WAY DOWN THE RIVER

ABOUT FIVE MILES
TO LOOK FOR ANY SIGNS.

THEN REPORT BACK
TO THE MISSION.

YES, SIR.
FORWARD YO!

SORRY, SIR.

SHE SORT OF COME LOOSE!

I'D LIKE...

I'D LIKE TO SPEAK
TO DAVID CROCKETT.

YOU DID.

THAT WAS DAVID CROCKETT,
FROM TENNESSEE?

YES, SIR,
AND I OUGHT TO KNOW.

ME AND HIM IS
NEIGHBORS BACK HOME.

ONLY LIVE 40 MILE APART.

COLONEL DAVY!

ARE YOU
DAVID CROCKETT, SIR?

THAT'S MY NAME.

I'M COLONEL TRAVIS,
COMMANDING
THE GARRISON.

I FIGURED.

WELL, SON, YOU BETTER
START GROWING UP.

I'D LIKE
TO SPEAK TO YOU

ON A MATTER OF
GRAVEST IMPORTANCE.

SURE.
LET'S FIND A CORNER.

TALKING'S DRY WORK.

MAN 1: YAHOO!

MAN 2: WHOO!

YOU'RE LEARNING FAST.

COLONEL!

I'M RESIGNING
FROM YOU.

I'M GOING TO MARRY
CONCHITA AND BE THE
MAN OF THIS HOUSE.

BESAME A KISS,
SENORITA.

I'VE TOSSED AROUND
AND MESSED THAT PROUD
SPANISH TOO.

MOST IMPORTANT PART.

LET'S JIG A LITTLE,
MAMACITA.

LIGHT THERE
AND REST EASY, TRAVIS,

WHILE I BED DOWN
THIS BUCK.

HE JUST AIN'T GOT
NO HEAD FOR WHISKEY.

PARSON?

YEAH, DAVY?

TAKE HIM AWAY.

YES, SIR.

LET'S WET OUR WHISTLES.

WORDS ARE DUSTY.

I DON'T DRINK.

NOT EVER?

NO.

I'VE HEARD OF SUCH.

SPREAD YOUR WAMPUM,
TRAVIS.

MY TITLE
IS COLONEL.

ME, I'M A COLONEL, TOO.

WOULDN'T IT SOUND SILLY,
THE TWO OF US CHATTERING,

"COLONEL, COLONEL"
LIKE A COUPLE OF
MARSHFIELD BIRDS?

SPEAK RIGHT UP
AND CALL ME CROCKETT.

DON'T BOTHER WITH MY TITLE.

OLD, DRUNKEN
GENERAL FLATFORD

GAVE IT TO ME
IN THE CHOCTAW INDIAN WAR.

I'LL CALL YOU TRAVIS.

VERY WELL,
CROCKETT.

I'D LIKE YOUR PERMISSION
TO MAKE A SPEECH
TO YOUR MEN.

WELL, I'VE HEARD MANY A SPEECH
WHILE I WAS CONGRESSIFYING.

WHAT WOULD YOU
TALK ABOUT?

OH, ABOUT
FREEDOM, LIBERTY.

WELL, THEY DON'T NEED
ANY SUCH SPEECH.

THESE MEN ARE
FROM TENNESSEE.

I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN
WHY I WANT THEM

TO VOLUNTEER
TO FIGHT AGAINST SANTA ANNA.

OH?

MAY I?

NOT SO CARELESS!

YOU CAN'T GET NEW CLOTHES
THIS SIDE OF NACOGDOCHES!

TAG!

TENNESSEANS AIN'T EXACTLY
AGAINST FIGHTING,

BUT THEY AIN'T MUCH FOR
LISTENING TO SPEECHES.

WHAT WOULD YOU
TELL THEM?

OF THE UNENDURABLE
HARDSHIPS

THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
SUBJECTED TO

UNDER THE TYRANNICAL
GOVERNMENT

OF THIS MILITARY
DICTATOR SANTA ANNA.

WE HAVE NO RIGHTS
IN THE COURTS,

NO MARKET
FOR OUR PRODUCE.

HE HAS
FORBIDDEN TRADE
WITH THE NORTH.

DAVY,

I WANT A CHANCE
FOR MY MONEY BACK.

WHY DON'T YOU
LEAVE DAVY ALONE?

HE DONE BEAT YOU
38 TIMES HAND RUNNING.

THIRTY-SIX.

THIRTY-EIGHT.

OOF!

THIRTY-SIX.

THIS WILL ONLY
TAKE A MINUTE, TRAVIS.

GIVE ME THEM FEATHERS!

GENTLEMEN...

BALANCE YOUR FEATHERS.

GET SET. GO!

KEEP IT STEADY,
DAVY!

[CHEERING]

GO!

LET'S GO!

COME ON!

MAN: GET HIM, DAVY!

ALL: AW!

GOTCHA THAT TIME, DAVY.

IT WAS FAIR
AND SQUARE.

NOW IF WE COULD
CONTINUE, I WOULD LIKE...

ONE MINUTE, TRAVIS.

THAT WAS JUST
FOR FIRST CHANCE.

PREPARE YOURSELF,
DAVY.

I'M PREPARED.

UNH!

HE'S STILL
ON HIS FEET!

OH, NO!

OH, YES!

IT'S MY TURN!

OHH!

HA, HA, HA!

THIRTY-NINE. EH, DAVY?

SEEMS LIKE.

HE'LL NEVER LEARN.

LET'S GET A BUCKET
OF WATER.

KIND OF A GAME THE BOYS
PLAY BACK IN TENNESSEE.

EVEN THOUGH
TIME IS RUNNING OUT,

I MUST POSTPONE
THIS INTERVIEW

UNTIL WE CAN BE ASSURED
OF NO INTERRUPTIONS.

STEP DOWN OFF
YOUR HIGH HORSE,
MISTER.

YOU DON'T GET LARD
LESS'N YOU BOIL THE HOG.

HAVE ONE
OF THESE CIGARS.

I BROUGHT THEM ALL THE WAY
FROM NEW ORLEANS.

WERE YOU GOING TO TELL
MY TENNESSEANS

THAT A GOOD MANY MEN,
SOUND MEN ALL,

HAD A PLOT TO EASE
THE SUFFERING

OF THE PEOPLE
IN THESE PARTS?

OR WERE YOU
GOING TO TELL THEM

THAT STEVE AUSTIN,
HOUSTON, AND OTHERS...

AND YOU TOO, TRAVIS,

PLANNED TO DECLARE
FOR A REPUBLIC...

TO DECLARE THIS
THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS?

WERE YOU GOING TO
TELL THEM THAT, TRAVIS?

I HADN'T THOUGHT THIS
WAS GENERALLY KNOWN.

IT ISN'T YET...

NOT TILL AUSTIN
SEPARATES THE SHEEP
FROM THE GOATS.

NOT TILL HE DECIDES
WHO'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

REPUBLIC...

I LIKE THE SOUND
OF THE WORD.

IT MEANS PEOPLE
CAN LIVE FREE, TALK FREE,

GO OR COME,
BUY OR SELL,

BE DRUNK OR SOBER,
HOWEVER THEY CHOOSE.

SOME WORDS GIVE YOU
A FEELING.

REPUBLIC IS ONE
OF THOSE WORDS

THAT MAKES ME
TIGHT IN THE THROAT...

THE SAME TIGHTNESS
A MAN GETS

WHEN HIS BABY
TAKES HIS FIRST STEP

OR HIS FIRST
BABY SHAVES

AND MAKES HIS FIRST
SOUND LIKE A MAN.

SOME WORDS
CAN GIVE YOU A FEELING

THAT MAKE
YOUR HEART WARM.

REPUBLIC IS ONE
OF THOSE WORDS.

CROCKETT...

I HAVE, I BELIEVE, LEARNED
TWO THINGS ABOUT YOU.

WORTHWHILE, I HOPE.

YOU'RE NOT
THE ILLITERATE
COUNTRY BUMPKIN

YOU WOULD HAVE
PEOPLE BELIEVE.

YOU SPEAK EXCELLENT
AND CONCISE ENGLISH
WHEN YOU WISH.

THE BAD GRAMMAR
IS A POSE.

A FELLA HAS TO DO
A LOT OF THINGS

TO GET ELECTED
TO CONGRESS.

I'VE KISSED MANY
A BABY, TOO.

THE OTHER IS THAT
YOU CAME TO TEXAS
TO FIGHT WITH US.

DON'T TELL
MY TENNESSEANS THAT.

THEY THINK
WE CAME SOUTH

TO HUNT AND GET DRUNK.

MAN: YAHOO-HOO!

THEY, UH...

SEEM TO HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED THAT.

[FLAMENCO MUSIC PLAYING]

MAN 1: HOLO'!

WOMAN: HOLO'!

MAN 2: WHOO!

YEE-HA!

HEY!

WOMAN: WHOO-HA!

WHOO!

HA, HA, HA!

GOOD EVENING, MY ALMOST
VANISHING LADY.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

I ARRANGED FOR
THIS CARRIAGE...

I WOULD BE HEARTBROKEN
IF YOU LEFT BEXAR JUST NOW.

AND EVEN MORE HEARTBROKEN
IF YOU LEFT WITH
MY TEAM HORSES,

WHICH WOULD BRING A PRETTY
PENNY IN THESE TIMES,

WITH TWO FACTIONS BUYING
ANYTHING ON FOUR LEGS.

YOU HAVE
BUSINESS HERE?

PROMISED MOTHER.

YOUR MOTHER?

PRAY TO
THE NORTH STAR.

TEN MINUTES EVERY NIGHT.

LONG LINE OF
STAR-WORSHIPERS.

IT KEEPS
THE RHEUMATISM AWAY.

IT SEEMS TO ME
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TROUBLE.

IT DO?

LET'S GO UPSTAIRS,
UNLESS YOU PREFER

DISCUSSING
YOUR BUSINESS

IN FRONT OF EVERY
DRUNKEN LOAFER IN BEXAR.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

I SUPPOSE THAT
OVERDRESSED IGNORAMUS

IS ONE OF THE RIFFRAFF
ASSEMBLING HERE TO
RESIST SANTA ANNA.

HA! THEY'LL FIND GRAVES
AND NOTHING ELSE.

SANTA ANNA
WILL SWEEP ACROSS...

OVERDRESSED?

I PAID GOOD MONEY
FOR THESE CLOTHES.

WHY?

LADY'S LUGGAGE.

GRATUITY
FOR THE BOY.
YOU FORGOT.

DINERO.

SON, I GUESS HE ISN'T
GOING TO TIP YOU.

ANOTHER THING
I PROMISED MOTHER...

NEVER TO GET IN SITUATIONS
WHERE PEOPLE
POINTED GUNS AT ME.

MA'AM, IT IS POSSIBLE
I'M MISTAKEN,

BUT IT SEEMS YOU FIND
THIS GENTLEMAN'S COMPANY
DISTASTEFUL.

TELL HIM
TO GET OUT.

THANK YOU, SIR, BUT
THERE IS NO WAY
WHICH YOU COULD BE OF HELP.

AND I AM IN
NO DANGER.

I BID YOU
GOOD NIGHT, MA'AM.

GRATUITY
FOR THE BOY.

YOUR PROPERTY, SIR.

[THANKING IN SPANISH]

MAN: AND THEREFORE
WE ARE GUARANTEED

THE PROTECTION
OF THE GENERAL HIMSELF.

AH, BUT PLEASE DON'T
MISUNDERSTAND ME,

I DON'T WANT
ALL OF YOUR LANDS...

HALF WILL BE
SUFFICIENT FOR ME.

I'M NO GLUTTON.

[WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

EASY, GRACIELA, EASY.

I SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE,
BUT THAT'S TOO FAST
FOR ME.

THOUGH I DARESAY
I'M BETTER OFF
NOT UNDERSTANDING.

YOU ACTUALLY WANTED ME
TO AGREE TO THIS...

THIS ATROCITY!

I ACTUALLY DID,
AND I ACTUALLY DO.

YOU'RE AN EDUCATED
WOMAN, GRACIELA. INTELLIGENT.

IS THERE ANY OTHER
WAY TO RESTORE

YOUR FAMILY PROPERTIES?

SANTA ANNA'S ADMINISTRATORS
RULE POTOSI.

YOU EXPECT ME
TO MARRY YOU

WITH MY FATHER
AND MY FOUR BROTHERS

NEWLY BURIED
IN POTOSI?

AND MY HUSBAND?

MAN: I EXPECT IT
BECAUSE IT IS THE
LOGICAL COURSE.

TO MARRY YOU?
LOGICAL?

OF COURSE.

I AM ACCEPTABLE
TO SANTA ANNA.

AND IF HE
SHOULD BE DEFEATED,

I'LL MANAGE TO
BECOME ACCEPTABLE
TO HIS SUCCESSORS.

OH!

THAT'S THE TRICK...

TO BE ACCEPTABLE TO
THE POWERS THAT BE.

LET'S NOT PRETEND YOU'RE
A BROKENHEARTED WIDOW.

YOU BARELY
KNEW THE MAN.

THE MARRIAGE WAS
AS MUCH ARRANGED
AS THIS ONE WOULD BE.

YOUR FAMILY
PICKED HIM OUT.

THAT'S THE WAY
OF MY PEOPLE.

YOU'LL SAY YES.

IT'S YOUR ONLY
POSSIBLE PATH.

LIKE ALL WOMEN,
YOU'LL POSTPONE THE DECISION,

BUT YOU WILL
SAY YES.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

FORGIVE ME, MA'AM,

BUT I WAS
HAVING A SMOKE,
OUT ON THAT GALLERY

AND I COULDN'T HELP
BUT OVERHEAR...

I WASN'T
EAVESDROPPING,

BUT IT RANKLES ME
WHEN SOMEBODY

TRIES TO FORCE SOMEBODY
TO DO SOMETHING.

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ME
BEFORE TONIGHT,

BUT I AM OFFERING YOU
MY SERVICES.

IF THAT FELLA IS
MAKING YOU STAY IN BEXAR,

I'M READY, WILLING AND ABLE
TO PROVIDE YOU A TRANSPORT

TO WHEREVER
YOU WANT TO GO.

ON THE OTHER HAND,
IF YOU CHOOSE TO STAY
IN BEXAR,

I'M READY, WILLING AND ABLE,
TO SEE THAT HE DON'T
BOTHER YOU.

WOULD YOU ANSWER ONE
QUESTION WITH HONESTY,

MR. TALL AMERICAN?

ONLY MODESTY RESTRAINS ME
FROM TELLING YOU

THAT I AM WIDELY KNOWN
FOR MY TRUTHFULNESS.

WOULD YOU SO QUICKLY
OFFER TO DEFEND ME

IF I WERE 60 YEARS OLD
AND WRINKLED?

OR IS IT BECAUSE
I AM A YOUNG
AND A WIDOW

AND YOU ARE FAR
FROM YOUR LOVED ONES?

BUT...

THANK YOU ANYWAY, SIR.

IN ANY EVENT,
THIS IS A MATTER

IN WHICH NO
OUTSIDER COULD HELP.

MR. TALL AMERICAN?

I DO BELIEVE THAT
A WOMAN IN TROUBLE,

EVEN THOUGH
60 AND WRINKLED,

COULD TURN TO YOU
FOR HELP.

GOOD NIGHT, MA'AM.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

HAA!

[GROANS]

WELL, THANKS, FRIEND.

IF YOU DON'T INSIST
ON HAVING THEM TO YOURSELF,

I'LL GIVE YOU
A HAND.

PLEASURE, FRIEND.

YOU MUST BE JIM BOWIE.

THE SIZE AND SHAPE
IS AS DESCRIBED,

AND THIS KNIFE IS EVERYTHING
I HEARD IT WAS.

I'M BOWIE.

I'M DAVY CROCKETT.

WELL, I'VE HEARD
A LOT ABOUT YOU.

I'VE HEARD A LOT
ABOUT YOU, TOO.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

I'D ADMIRE TO
BUY YOU A DRINK
OR EIGHT OR 10.

UH, WELL!
EXCUSE ME.

YOU HAVE TROUBLE
WITH EMIL SANDE?

-WHO'S EMIL SANDE?
-MERCHANT.

TALL FELLA,
BUTTER-COLORED HAIR?

YEAH, THAT'S HIM.

I'VE HAD SOME WORDS WITH HIM.
INTEND TO HAVE MORE.

HOW ABOUT THAT DRINK?

HONORED,
CONGRESSMAN CROCKETT.

OH, PLEASE, JIM. DON'T
CALL ME THAT. I'VE BEEN
TRYING TO LIVE THAT DOWN.

[LAUGHING]

[SNORING]

HERE'S YOUR EXTRA COAT,
DAVY, AND JUG.

THOUGHTFUL.

YOU BETTER GET
SOME SLEEP, SMITTY.

I'M NOT TIRED.

THIS MEXICO...
EXCITING NIGHT.

YOU STILL BETTER
GET SOME SLEEP.

ALL RIGHT, DAVY.

NIGHT, SMITTY.

GOOD NIGHT,
COLONEL BOWIE... JIM.

HA, HA, HA!

TOOK A LONG TIME FOR THIS
NIGHT TO GET UNEXCITING.

IT SURE DID.

THIS IS A MIGHTY
PRETTY ONE, THOUGH.

I UNDERSTAND YOU
MOVED DOWN HERE

LOCK, STOCK,
AND BARREL, JIM.

I DIDN'T PLAN
ON MOVING.

CAME FOR A VISIT
AND STAYED.

I GATHER
YOU LIKE IT.

OH, DAVY, IF YOU
ONLY KNEW MEXICO.

IT'S WONDERFUL.

I THOUGHT SHE WAS
A BURNT-OVER DESERT
MOST OF THE TIME.

AH, MOST NORTHERNERS
THINK THAT. IT AIN'T SO.

BIG VALLEYS BETWEEN
HIGH MOUNTAINS.

JUST EVERYTHING
A MAN COULD WANT

IN THE WAY
OF COUNTRY,

FOR LOOKING AT
OR FOR GROWING ON.

BUT MOSTLY...

MOSTLY IT'S
THE PEOPLE, DAVY.

THEY GOT, UH...

THIS IS KIND OF
HARD TO EXPLAIN,

BUT THEY
GOT COURAGE,

AND THEY GOT
DIGNITY.

THEY AIN'T AFRAID
TO DIE.

BUT WHAT SEEMS
MOST IMPORTANT TO ME

IS THAT THEY AIN'T
AFRAID TO LIVE.

TODAY IS IMPORTANT
TO THEM,

NOT THE DOLLAR
TOMORROW MIGHT BRING.

I SUPPOSE A YANKEE
SAYS THAT'S LAZY.

ME, I SAY IT'S
A WAY OF LIVING.

AND THE WOMENFOLK...
WHEW! WELL, DAVY.

I FIGURED YOU FAVORED
THE MEXICAN LADIES.

THEY TELL ME
YOU MARRIED ONE.

YEAH, I, UH...

I DID.

I, UH...

WELL, DAVY,
I JUST AIN'T GOT...

YOU KNOW, YOUR WAY
OF PUTTING THINGS INTO WORDS.

BUT I GOT
A FINE FAMILY...

WONDERFUL WIFE
AND TWO FINE BOYS.

[CHUCKLES]

I GUESS
I'M WHAT YOU'D
CALL A LUCKY MAN.

NOW THAT AIN'T A BAD STAB
AT PUTTING IT INTO WORDS.

I SENT THEM UP
TO COHUILLA,

WITH ALL THE TROUBLE
AROUND HERE.

YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T WANT
TO GET 'EM MIXED UP...

MAY I SPEAK PRIVATELY
WITH YOU, SIR?

WELL, SURE, BUT...

YOU'RE
SENORADE LOPEZ,
AREN'T YOU?

SENORBOWIE. I'M SORRY.
I DID NOT RECOGNIZE YOU
AT FIRST.

WELL, SENORA,
THIS PLACE AIN'T FIT...

I KNOW, BUT THE
MATTER IS URGENT.

COULD I HAVE A FEW
PRIVATE WORDS
WITH THIS GENTLEMAN?

SURE. EXCUSE ME.

I'LL BE INSIDE,
CROCKETT.

CROCKETT?

YOU ARE THE FAMOUS
DAVY CROCKETT?

WELL, I'M CROCKETT.

THEY NAMED ME DAVY
AFTER AN UNCLE

THAT DIDN'T LEAVE PA
THE FARM AFTER ALL.

WELL, MR. CROCKETT,

SHORTLY AFTER
YOU LEFT MY ROOM,

I HEARD AN ALTERCATION
IN THE STREET.

I COULD HEAR THE SOUND
THOUGH I COULD NOT SEE
FROM MY WINDOW.

IT SOUNDED LIKE
A DRUNKEN BRAWL.

I WAS SITTING RIGHT HERE.
I DIDN'T HEAR A THING.

WELL, ANYWAY, I SAW
LIGHTS IN THE OLD CHURCH

AND PEOPLE MOVING ABOUT.
AND ONE OF THEM WAS EMIL,

AND A THOUGHT
CAME TO ME.

AS YOU MAY KNOW,
COLONEL TRAVIS HAS ORDERED

ALL POWDER AND BALL
FROM THE MERCHANTS
OF BEXAR.

AND HE DIDN'T FIND ANY
AT EMIL'S WAREHOUSE.

IT'S MY OPINION
IT'S ALL HIDDEN

IN THE BASEMENT
OF THAT CHURCH.

AND...

MR. CROCKETT, THE
DEFENDERS OF TEXAS

ARE GOING TO NEED
THAT POWDER AGAINST
SANTA ANNA.

AND YOU'RE AGAINST
SANTA ANNA?

BITTERLY, OF COURSE.

AND THIS EMIL,
HE'S FOR HIM?

YES, HE IS.

THEN HOW DID HE FIGURE
YOU'D MARRY HIM?

POLITICAL ARGUMENTS
DON'T FLAVOR FOLK'S SUPPER.

NEVERTHELESS,
I AM GOING TO MARRY HIM.

AND PLEASE LET'S NOT
DISCUSS IT, MR. CROCKETT.

THE NAME IS DAVY,

AND I COULDN'T SLEEP
NIGHTS THINKING...

WILL YOU SAY GOODBYE
FOR ME TO MR. BOWIE?

I CAN MAKE
MY OWN WAY.

AND I HOPE THE
INFORMATION IS HELPFUL.

SOMETHING INTERESTING, JIM.

PARSON, ROUND UP
A COUPLE OF THE MEN.

FAIRLY SOBER, AND MEET US
OUT IN THE STREET.

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

TO CHURCH.

YEAH, DAVY.

HEY!

PARSON!

PARSON, WHY'D YOU
RUN OFF WITHOUT ME?

I TOLD HIM TO STAY.
HE'S DRUNK.

OH, STICK TO THE POINT!
WHY'D YOU RUN OFF
WITHOUT ME.

JIM, THIS IS
BEEKEEPER.

-JIM BOWIE.
-BOTH: HI.

YOU CAN COME,
BUT HOLD YOUR BREATH,

CAN THEY SMELL,
THEY'LL BE WARNED
YOU'RE COMING.

[HICCUP]

EXCUSE ME.

GRAB THAT TORCH.

YEAH.

[CHURCH BELL RINGS]

EXCUSE ME.

WELL.
HERE, PARSON.

YES, SIR.

RIFLES!

MUST BE 50 OF THEM!

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

THAT'S GUNPOWDER.

LET ME TAKE
A LOOK AT THAT STUFF.

-WATCH IT!
-STAND BACK
AND STAND STILL!

EXCUSE ME.

THERE MUST BE
A TON OF IT.

I'M SURE GONNA BE LOOKING
FORWARD TO SEEING
THAT SOLDIER BOY'S FACE

WHEN WE BRING THIS IN.

[BABY CRYING]

[GOAT BLEATING]

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
MORNING, DAVY CROCKETT.

IT IS THAT,
MARIA DE LOPEZ Y VEJAR.

MY GOODNESS, YOU
REMEMBER ALL THAT?

SURE.

I'M NOT AS STUPID AS
I LOOK FROM THE OUTSIDE.

WHAT'S SPANISH
FOR "BREAKFAST"?

DESAYUNO.

WELL, LET'S TAKE
A PASEADOOUT AND
GET SOME DESAYUNO.

PASEADO?

THAT MEANS "WALK."

THAT MEANS "HAVE WALKED."
BUT NEVER MIND,
I'LL GET DRESSED.

WAIT A MINUTE.

FIRST WRITE ME A LETTER.

A LETTER?

IN SPANISH.

OF COURSE.

TO WHOM IS
THE LETTER ADDRESSED?

TO THE HONORABLE
DAVY CROCKETT, ESQUIRE.

YOU WISH A LETTER
WRITTEN TO YOURSELF?

YEP.

TO THE HONORABLE
DAVY CROCKETT, ESQUIRE,

FORMER CONGRESSMAN OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

ESTEEMED SIR...

LET'S GO!

HURRY IT UP THERE!

YOU SEEN DAVY?

AIN'T NOBODY
SEEN DAVY.
HE AIN'T ABOUT.

FIRST LIE YOU TOLD
TODAY, THIMBLERIG.

MORNING, DAVY.

HOWDY.

SAY DAVY, WHAT KIND OF A LOAD
YOU GOT THERE?

PRESENTS FOR SOME FRIENDS.

LET'S GO, PARSON!

HYAH. GET UP.

[SHEEP BLEATING]

HALT! WHO GOES THERE?

IS THAT YOU, BOB?

WHY SURE! CAN'T YOU SEE?

THEN WHAT KIND
OF IDIOT NONSENSE

IS THIS "WHO GOES THERE?"

WELL, TRAVIS...
COLONEL TRAVIS, THIS IS,

-HE SAYS THAT IS SHOULD...
-I DON'T CARE
WHAT TRAVIS SAID.

OPEN THAT GATE BEFORE
I SHOOT YOU OFF THAT WALL.

SENTRY,

OPEN THE GATE
FOR COLONEL BOWIE.

NEAR A TON OF
GOOD POWDER HERE, MEN.

GET IT UNLOADED.

THAT LONG ONE THERE,
HE'S DAVY CROCKETT,

AND THREE OF HIS GOOD MEN.

COLONEL CROCKETT.

HELLO TRAVIS.

LOOKS LIKE THE
ANSWER TO A PRAYER.

COLONEL, I'D BE PLEASED
IF YOU JOIN ME

IN MY QUARTERS
FOR SOME REFRESHMENT.

PROUD TO.

OH, AND YOU TOO,
COLONEL BOWIE, IF YOU WILL.

I'M A STRANGER AROUND
THESE HERE PARTS.

WHAT DO YOU TEXICANS USE
FOR DRINKING WHISKEY?

DRINKING WHISKEY.

WELL, YOU GOT MANNERS,
OR AIN'T YOU?

CAPTAIN DICKINSON,

THIS IS COLONEL DAVY CROCKETT.

-PLEASED, SIR.
-HOW DO YOU DO?

OH, AND THIS IS
MY COUSIN, MRS. DICKINSON.

COLONEL CROCKETT.

-COLONEL BOWIE.
-HELLO, SUE.

WELL, IT'S NICE
MEETING YOU, DAVY CROCKETT.

I FEEL AS IF
I KNOW YOU ALREADY.

YOU SEE, PART OF MY FAMILY
COME FROM TENNESSEE.

AND, WELL, YOUR NAME IS
A HOUSEHOLD WORD THERE.

AT LEAST IN OUR HOUSE IT WAS.

WELL, THANK YOU, MA'AM.

IT'S NICE TO BE
WELL THOUGHT OF.

MOMMY.

OH, YES, DARLING.

I'VE ASKED YOU NOT TO CLIMB
THOSE STAIRS ALONE.

WELL, WHO'S THIS?

YOU SAY HELLO
TO COLONEL CROCKETT.

HELLO.

EVERY SIZE THEY GET TO
SEEMS TO BE THE MOST LOVABLE.

WILL YOU GENTLEMEN EXCUSE ME?

GOODBYE, COLONEL.

GOODBYE.

KIND OF A SHAME
KIDS HAVE TO GROW UP
INTO PEOPLE.

IT'S GOOD WE'RE
ALL HERE, GENTLEMEN.

CIGAR?

PLEASE MAKE
YOURSELVES COMFORTABLE.

I HAVE SOME NEWS.

FANNIN IS DOING WELL
AT GOLIAD.

HE HAS MUSTERED
ALMOST 1,000 MEN

AND SHOULD BE READY
TO MOVE SOUTH BY
THE FIRST OF THE WEEK.

A THOUSAND?
IT DON'T SEEM POSSIBLE.

IT DOES SOUND
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE,
I MUST CONFESS.

BUT WE CAN ONLY ADMIT
OUR DOUBTS TO EACH OTHER.

IN THE PRIVACY OF A ROOM AND
NOT IN FRONT OF THE MEN.

AS FAR AS THE VOLUNTEERS
ARE CONCERNED,

WE'LL BE SURE,
THAT FANNIN HAS 1,000 MEN,
OR MORE.

I GOT A REPUTATION
FOR TRUTH, TRAVIS.

I AIN'T.

EVERYBODY SAYS
I'M A BORN LIAR,

BUT WHETHER WE TALK
OUT LOUD OR QUIET,

DON'T SEEM TO ME
THE POINT RIGHT NOW.

POINT IS, HOW MANY MEN
HAS FANNIN,

AND WILL HE GET HERE IN TIME?

WHETHER HE DOES
OR DOESN'T,
WE'LL BE TRAPPED HERE.

AND FOR NO REASON.

WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS
BURN ALL OF BEXAR,
INCLUDING THIS MISSION...

AND FIGHT A HARASSING ACTION?

ANNOY SANTA ANNA
WHILE HE SWEEPS NORTH
ACROSS THE WHOLE OF TEXAS?

THAT'S COLONEL BOWIE'S
THEORY, COLONEL CROCKETT, AND
I CANNOT ENTERTAIN THE IDEA!

WE COULD HIT AND RUN,
JUMPING AT EVERY
CREEK CROSSING BETWEEN...

-YOU SEEM TO FORGET
ONE THING, COLONEL BOWIE.
-WHAT?

THAT I COMMAND!
AND I HAVE ALREADY DECIDED
AGAINST YOUR PLAN.

NOW, LET US ATTACK
A MORE IMPORTANT PROBLEM.

COLONEL CROCKETT'S
TENNESSEANS.

WILL THEY FIGHT, COLONEL?

UP TO THE LAST TIME I SAW 'EM

THEY HADN'T SHOWN ANY STRONG
FEELINGS AGAINST FIGHTING.

BUT CAN YOU
PERSUADE YOUR MEN
TO COME INTO THIS MISSION?

I CAN ASK THEM.

AND YOU'RE A VERY
PERSUASIVE MAN,

ACCORDING TO YOUR REPUTATION.

BUILD UP THE STORY
THAT FANNIN HAS
1,000... NO! 2,000 MEN.

PLAY DOWN THE SIZE
OF SANTA ANNA'S ARMY...

HOLD IT, TRAVIS,
WE'VE BEEN ALL THROUGH THIS.

HE WANTS ME TO LIE
TO MY MEN, TOO.
KEEP 'EM HERE WITH LIES.

LET SANTA ANNA'S
STRENGTH BE KNOWN
DOWN THERE IN THE YARDS,

AND BY DAYBREAK,
THERE WON'T BE
A BAKER'S DOZEN LEFT!

YOU CALLING MY BOYS COWARDS?

LET US DISPENSE
WITH FIRE-EATER'S
PYROTECHNICS, COLONEL BOWIE!

JUST REMEMBER THIS, TRAVIS,
MY MEN ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS.

THEY'RE HERE
BECAUSE THEY WANNA BE.

BUT THERE'S NOTHING
TO KEEP THEM FROM PACKING UP
AND GETTING OUT OF HERE!

I'M AWARE THAT YOUR MEN
ARE MILITIA.

AND LIKE ALL VOLUNTEERS,
UNDISCIPLINED.

GOOD DAY, COLONEL BOWIE.

LAST NIGHT GAVE YOU
A PRETTY GOOD IDEA

OF THE DISCIPLINE OF MY MEN.

OUR POSITION HERE
IS DESPERATE.

AND I FEEL SURE THAT
WHERE CROCKETT LEADS,

HIS MEN WILL FOLLOW.

YEAH.

THAT'S A RESPONSIBILITY THAT'S
BEEN KIND OF WORRYING ME.

THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

I'M GOING TO
PASS THE WORD AROUND

WHAT YOU TEXANS
USE FOR DRINKING WHISKEY

IS DRINKING WHISKEY.

AND WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT,
YOU'VE GOT REAL GOOD MANNERS.

SEEING AS HOW YOU'RE SUFFERING
THE HANDICAP OF HAVING NEVER
BEEN IN TENNESSEE.

HEY, DAVY, IS IT TRUE
THAT YOU FIT A FOUR-DAY FIGHT
WITH MIKE FINK?

WHY, THAT'S A BLASTED LIE,

ONE OF THEM STORIES
LOOSE-MOUTHED PEOPLE
TELL AROUND.

MIKE AND ME QUIT AT SUNDOWN.

WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
THE FOURTH DAY UNTIL, UH,

NEXT MORNING.

-[MEN LAUGHING]
-SEE YOU, MEN.

LET HER RIP, PARSON! WHOO!

HYAH! HYAH!

WHOA.

CROCKETT: SENORALOPEZ.

DON JUAN, THIS IS
MR. DAVY CROCKETT.

-I'M HONORED.
-HOW DO YOU DO?

SENORSEGUIN
IS THE ALCALDE...

I MEAN THE MAYOR OF
SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR.

WELL, HE'S GOT
A PRETTY BUSY TOWN.

THE PEOPLE ARE RUNNING
LIKE SHEEP THAT HAVE
SMELLED A WOLF PACK.

I NEVER SAID NO SUCH A THING.

WHEN I STUCK
THAT POWDER IN THERE,

THAT FELLA TRAVIS ASKED
IF US TENNESSEANS

WAS GONNA JOIN UP
WITH HIM. THAT'S ALL.

HE NEVER ASKED US
TO FIGHT HIS FIGHT FOR HIM.

HAVE SOME BREAKFAST.

BREAKFAST? TORTILLAS?

TAMALES.

NEVER GET BURNT
DRINKING THIS STUFF.

WELL, I OWN ME NO PART
OF THIS HERE TEXAS,

AND NONE OF
THESE HERE TEXICANS
IS RELATED TO ME.

SO WHY SHOULD
I FIGHT FOR THEM?

RIGHT. AIN'T OUR OX'S
THAT'RE GETTIN' GORED.

TALKING ABOUT WHOSE OX
GETS GORED, FIGURE THIS,

FELLA GETS IN THE HABIT
OF GORING OXES,
WHETS HIS APPETITE.

HE MAY COME UP NORTH
NEXT AND GORE YOURS.

MEN, WE'RE IN
A LITTLE FIX, SORT OF.

THE HE-BULL AROUND HERE,
GENERAL SANTA ANNA,

HE'S MAD AT US.

YEAH?

HE'S WROTE US A LETTER.

NOW, I CAN'T READ IT,
IT'S IN SPANISH.

BUT THE YOUNG LADY WILL.

IT IS ADDRESSED
TO DAVY CROCKETT

AND THE TENNESSEANS
WHO ACCOMPANY HIM.

"BE IT KNOWN,

"YOU ARE INTERLOPERS
IN A COUNTRY

"WHERE YOU ARE NEITHER
WANTED NOR WELCOME.

"THIS IS THE ORDER
YOU ARE GIVEN,

"DEPART WITH ALL HASTE
AND AT ONCE,

"BECAUSE IT HAS COME
TO OUR ATTENTION

"THAT YOU ARE
POSSIBLY CONSIDERING

"JOINING THE REBELS NOW
SKULKING IN THE MISSION.

"THIS IS NOT
YOUR FIGHT. DEPART.

"SHOULD YOU FAIL TO ABIDE
BY THIS ORDER,

"I SHALL CHASTISE YOU,
EVEN UNTO DEATH.

"SIGNED, GENERALISSIMO ANTONIO
MIGUEL DE SANTA ANNA."

[SNIGGERS] FELLA KIND OF
FANCIES HIMSELF, DON'T HE?

SURE DOES HAVE
A BIG-SOUNDING NAME.

GIVING US ORDERS?

WHO DO HE THINK HE AM,
ANDY-BY-GOD-JACKSON?

RILES ME
WHEN SOMEBODY TELLS ME

TO GO HERE
OR I CAN'T GO THERE.

I NEVER BEEN
RUN OUT OF NO PLACE!

EXCEPT THE TIME
MY OLD PA KICKED ME
OVER EVERY ACRE

OF THAT HALF SECTION
BACK THERE IN OHIO.

BUT I WAS
A SHORT-TAILED KID THEN.

MY PA HAD BIG FEET.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU SAY, DAVY?

WE GOING TO LET THIS MAN
TELL US WHAT WE CAN
OR CAN'T DO?

DAVY, MAYBE WE'D BETTER
SADDLE UP AND
PAY THIS FELLA A VISIT.

DO CHASTISE MEAN
WHAT I THINK IT DO?

-IT DO.
-HMM.

DAVY, LET'S DO SADDLE UP,

AND GO LEARN THAT
GENTLEMAN HIS MANNERS.

WE WON'T HAVE TO.
HE'S WEARING OUT HORSES
COMING TOWARD US.

UH, GUESS WE CAN'T STOP
HIM FROM COMING,

BUT I RECKON WE CAN ARRANGE
FOR HIM TO LIMP GOING BACK.

CROCKETT: I SWEAR,
I WAS BEGINNING TO
THINK THESE TEXICANS

WASN'T AS NEIGHBORLY
AS THEY MIGHT BE,

BUT HERE THEY'D GONE
AND ARRANGED A NICE FIGHT
FOR US VISITORS.

ONE THING I OUGHT TO TELL YOU,

SANTA ANNA NEVER WROTE
THAT LETTER...

I DID.

RATHER, I HAD THIS
LADY HERE WRITE IT.

I WAS FIGURING HOW TO
TELL YOU FELLAS ABOUT THIS
TEXICAN HOEDOWN,

AND THEN I WONDERED WHAT
SANTA ANNA WOULD'VE
SAID TO US TENNESSEANS

IF HE'D HAD
A CHANCE TO SAY IT.

DAVY, I AIN'T NEVER SAID
I AIN'T BEEN WHUPPED.

I HAVE, BUT I GIVE
EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF 'EM FELLAS A CHANCE

TO DIG IN AND
GET THE JOB DONE.

BUT I AIN'T NEVER
TOOK NOBODY'S WORD
THAT THEY GONNA CHASTE...

CHASTISE!

CHASTISE! MUCH OBLIGED.

WELL, SPEAK UP, DAVY,
WE'RE GONNA STAY, AIN'T WE?

WELL, I'M THINKING IT OVER.

-THINKIN' IT...
-WHAT'S THERE TO THINK ABOUT?
YOU GETTING THAT OLD?

MAN TOLD TO MARK DEAD US?

CHASTISE, HE SAID.

THAT'S RIGHT. CHASTISE.

BUT I WROTE THE LETTER!

OH, NOW DON'T YOU
START WEASELING.

YOU SAID YOURSELF
THEM WOULD BE THE VERY
WORDS HE'D WRITE TO US,

EVEN IF HE WAS TO WRITE
US A LETTER!

WELL, GENTLEMEN,
YOU'VE CONVINCED ME.

WE'LL FIGHT.

-YEAH.
-THAT'S MORE LIKE IT.

-NOW YOU'RE TALKIN', DAVY!
-[INDISTINCT MUMBLING]

BUT FIRST, THE YOUNG LADY
AND I WILL TAKE A PASEAR.

GATHER UP YOUR POSSIBLES AND
I'LL MEET UP WITH YOU LATER.

RIGHT, DAVY!

CON PERMISO?

YOUR SPANISH IS IMPROVING.

[SIGHS] KIND OF CHEERS ME
TO SEE THE COLONEL
WITH THAT LADY.

LAST COUPLE OF YEARS
HE HAD ME WORRIED.

LATELY HE AIN'T BEEN
LOOKING AT THE GIRLS
LIKE HE WAS STARVED.

BEING IN CONGRESS
HAS RUINED MANY A GOOD MAN.

ALL I HEAR IS CROCKETT
THE BEAR-KILLER,

CROCKETT THE INDIAN-FIGHTER,

CROCKETT THE BRAWLER.

CROCKETT HAS BRAINS.

KEPT IT HIDDEN
A NUMBER OF YEARS.

YOU LIKE
MY TENNESSEANS, FLACA?

OH, YES.

YOU COULD STRAIN 10,000
AND NEVER COME UP
WITH 23 BETTER.

EVERY ONE OF THOSE MEN
HAS BEEN AT MY ELBOW,

SAVE THE BOY SMITTY,
WHEN SOME DIFFICULTY AROSE.

SOME OF THEM DON'T BATHE
AS OFTEN AS POLITE FOLKS
WOULD THINK NECESSARY.

BUT EVERY ONE OF THEM
SMELLS SWEET TO ME.

AND I WAS THE ONE
THAT SAID THIS COUNTRY WAS
BURNT-OVER SAND.

IT'S GREEN AND GROWING,

LIKE THOSE GREEN PASTURES
THEY TALK ABOUT.

LORD ABOVE,

THAT'S ONE BEAUTIFUL TREE.

THIS TREE MUST HAVE
BEEN GROWED BEFORE...

MAN PUT HIS
FIRST DIRTY FOOTPRINTS
ON THIS PRAIRIE.

KIND OF A TREE
ADAM AND EVE
MUST'VE MET UNDER.

YOU KNOW SOMETHING, FLACA?

I GUESS I SAW
WHO KNOWS HOW MANY TREES

BEFORE I EVER TOOK A LONG,
THOUGHTFUL LOOK AT ONE.

MOSTLY, I LOOKED AT A TREE
TO SEE WAS THERE A

BEAR IN IT
OR AN INDIAN BEHIND IT.

DAVY, WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN TO US?

I MEAN...

TO YOU AND ME.

I'M GONNA TELL YOU
SOMETHING, FLACA, AND
I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TIGHT.

IT MAY SOUND LIKE
I'M TALKING ABOUT ME,

BUT I'M NOT,
I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,
I'M TALKING ABOUT
ALL PEOPLE, EVERYWHERE.

WHEN I COME DOWN HERE
TO TEXAS, I WAS LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT.

IT SEEMS LIKE
YOU ADDED UP MY LIFE,

AND I'D SPENT IT ALL
EITHER STOMPING OTHER MEN

OR, IN SOME CASES,
GETTING STOMPED.

HAD ME SOME MONEY
AND HAD ME SOME MEDALS,

BUT NONE OF IT SEEMED
A LIFETIME WORTH

THE PAIN OF THE MOTHER
THAT BORE ME.

IT WAS LIKE I WAS EMPTY.

WELL, I'M NOT EMPTY ANYMORE.
THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT,

TO FEEL USEFUL
IN THIS OLD WORLD.

HIT A LICK
AGAINST WHAT'S WRONG

OR TO SAY A WORD
FOR WHAT'S RIGHT,

EVEN THOUGH YOU GET WALLOPED
FOR SAYING THAT WORD.

NOW, I MAY SOUND LIKE
A BIBLE-BEATER

YELLING UP A REVIVAL
AT A RIVER CROSSING
CAMP MEETING.

BUT THAT DON'T
CHANGE THE TRUTH NONE.

THERE'S RIGHT,
AND THERE'S WRONG.

YOU GOT TO DO
ONE OR THE OTHER.

DO THE ONE, AND YOU'RE LIVING.

YOU DO THE OTHER,
AND YOU MAY BE WALKING AROUND,

BUT YOU'RE DEAD
AS A BEAVER HAT.

I'D HOPED FOR A HORSE,

BUT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG
WITH A GOOD STRONG MULE.

MY THINGS.

ALL MY LUGGAGE
IS IN THE BUGGY.

HAD MY MEN TAKE CARE OF IT.

YOUR JEEJAWS
MAY BE ROUGH-PACKED,

BUT THEY'RE ALL THERE.

YOU ARE SENDING
ME AWAY. YOU...

YOU TALKED ABOUT
THE FIGHT AGAINST EVIL,
BUT YOU...

YOU ARE SENDING ME TO SAFETY.

FLACA, YOU HAVE
AN IMPORTANT NAME.

YOU KNOW A MILLION WORDS
AND HOW THEY SHOULD BE USED.

I'M SENDING YOU
TO FIGHT YOUR WAR,

TO TALK UP A HOWLING MOB.

I'LL STAY HERE AND HIT A LICK.

I HOPE YOU CAN DRIVE A MULE.

HIS NAME'S JESUS,
THEY TOLD ME.

HE SEEMS A GOOD, HONEST MULE.

MAYBE I'LL NEVER
SEE YOU AGAIN.

IF THAT'S WHAT'S WRITTEN,
THAT'S WHAT'S WRITTEN.

WHEN IT'S TIME, IT'S TIME.

TALKING ONLY MAKES IT
THE HARDER, FLACA,

SO STIR UP THAT MULE.

DAVY, I...

YOU NEVER PRAY, DO YOU, DAVY?

I NEVER FOUND THE TIME.

SIR, THE TENNESSEANS.

COLONEL TRAVIS.

CROCKETT AND HIS MEN.

-GO DOWN AND OPEN THE GATE.
-I'LL JUST HOLLER DOWN.

YOUR ORDERS WERE TO GO
DOWN, NOT HOLLER DOWN,
MR. DENISON.

YES, SIR.

CRACK SHOTS,
THOSE TENNESSEANS.

TWENTY TIMES THEIR NUMBER'S
WHAT WE NEED, AND MORE.

OH, I'M SORRY, WILL.
SUCH GLOOMY REMARKS
ARE FOR YOUR EARS ALONE.

ISN'T THAT BOWIE GALLOPING
UP THERE TO CATCH HIM?

I CAN JUST HEAR HIM
PLEADING HIS CAUSE.

CROCKETT SEEMS TO ME
THE TYPE OF MAN THAT
WOULD CHOOSE BOWIE.

WHAT YOU MEAN IS CROCKETT
ISN'T THE TYPE OF MAN
TO CHOOSE ME.

OH, WILL. DEPEND ON YOU TO SAY
IT THE MOST BRUTAL WAY.

MOST FACTS ARE BRUTAL.

JUST LOOK AT THAT
GREAT KNIFE FIGHTER
YAPPING AT CROCKETT.

"CUT, SLASH, AND RUN."

LET'S GET MOUNTED.

"CUT, SLASH, AND RUN."

CUT, SLASH, AND RUN.

IT'D COST SANTA ANNA
50 OR 100 TROOPS

AT EVERY
CREEK CROSSING
BETWEEN HERE AND THE NORTH.

SOUNDS REASONABLE
THE WAY YOU PUT IT, JIM,

BUT TRAVIS,
HE'S GOT A POINT, TOO.

IT TAKES THINKIN' ON.

BOB: HEY, JIM!

HALT! WHO GOES THERE?

BOB, I SWEAR I'M GOING TO
SHOOT YOU OFF THAT WALL!
YOU BLIND?

THAT'S WHAT I WAS
TOLD TO HOLLER EVERY TIME.

WELL, DON'T HOLLER AT ME!

IDIOT.

YOU THINK ON IT, DAVY.
YOU'LL SIDE WITH ME.

[BELL RINGING]

WHAT IS IT?

TENNESSEANS, NELL.
23 OF THEM,
ALL THE WAY FROM HOME.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE
ANY OF THEM, JACKO?

COULD BE MY BROTHER
MALACHI'S WITH THEM.

OH, HE WAS A CONSIDERABLE
FELLA TO GO WHERE
THERE WAS TROUBLE.

OH, HE WAS THAT.

BUT, NELL, YOU KNOW
MALACHI WAS HUNG,

OR SO SOME FOLKS TOLD US.

COLONEL CROCKETT,

I'M GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO
PERSUADE YOUR MEN TO JOIN US.

WELL, THEY INSISTED, SORT OF.

OUR HEARTIEST WELCOME.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

WE ARE PROUD TO WELCOME
THESE PATRIOTIC MEN

WHO HAVE TRAVELED
1,500 MILES TO JOIN US
IN OUR HOUR OF NEED!

-SERGEANT LIGHTFOOT?
-YES, SIR?

HAVE YOUR MEN RAISE A CHEER

FOR OUR GALLANT ALLIES

FROM THE ILLUSTRIOUS STATE
OF TENNESSEE!

YES, SIR!

LIGHTFOOT: HIP, HIP!
ALL: HOORAY!

LIGHTFOOT: HIP, HIP!
ALL: HOORAY!

LIGHTFOOT: HIP, HIP!
ALL: HOORAY!

CAPTAIN, YOU WILL ATTEND
TO THE BILLETING OF THESE MEN.

AFTER YOU ARE
QUARTERED, GENTLEMEN,

I WILL TAKE YOU ON A TOUR OF
THE EMPLACEMENTS.

THIS WAY, GENTLEMEN.

CROCKETT? DAVY CROCKETT?

WE'RE FROM TENNESSEE.

HOWDY, FOLKS.

WE SEEN YOU WHEN YOU
CAME TO STINK WELLS,

TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT
JOB FROM CONGRESS.

YOU SHOOK HANDS WITH ME.

OH, I'LL DO HER AGAIN.

HE DIDN'T VOTE
FOR YOU, THOUGH.

OTHER FELLA GAVE
HIM FOUR BITS.

I'M SORRY.

DON'T BE.

I'M GLAD THERE WERE ENOUGH
SENSIBLE FOLKS LIKE YOU
TO VOTE ME OUT OF THAT JOB.

LATER ON, WE'LL HAVE
A REAL OLD HOME TALKFEST,

BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET
QUARTERED AND BEDDED DOWN.

WILL YOU EXCUSE US?

YOU SHOULD'VE VOTED
FOR HIM, JOCKO.

CUIDADO! CUIDADO!

CUIDADO! CUIDADO!

CUIDADO! CUIDADO!

COLUMNA, A LA IZQUIERDA!

OF OUR 24 PIECES OF ORDNANCE,

FIVE ARE THESE SIX-POUNDERS.

SOMETHING'S STIRRING IN TOWN!

LADIES WILL
TAKE COVER, PLEASE.

MEN, TO YOUR BATTLE POSITIONS!

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

CAPTAIN DICKINSON?
ARE YOUR MEN DISPOSED?

AT THEIR POSTS, SIR.

NO ONE WILL FIRE
UNLESS I SO ORDER!

THOSE PEOPLE ARE
UNDER THE PROTECTION
OF A FLAG OF TRUCE!

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

"FROM THE HEADQUARTERS
OF GENERALISSIMO
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA,

"ABSOLUTE RULER OF MEXICO,

"TO THE REBEL COMMANDER
WHO DEEMS HIMSELF IN COMMAND

"OF THE REBELS
OCCUPYING THE MISSION.

"BE IT KNOWN,

"THE PROVINCE OF MEXICO
KNOWN AS TEXAS

"HAS SHOWN ITSELF TO BE
AN ACTIVE

"IN TREASONOUS REVOLT
AGAINST THE RULE OF
GENERALISSIMO SANTA ANNA.

"THE GENERALISSIMO,
IN HIS KINDNESS,

"ISSUES THE FOLLOWING ORDER.

"ALL OCCUPANTS
OF THE MISSION
WILL LEAVE AT ONCE,

"LEAVING ALL ARMS
AND AMMUNITION BEHIND.

"IF THIS ORDER
IS NOT FOLLOWED
WITH DISPATCH,

"THE GENERALISSIMO WILL
REDUCE THE MISSION BY ASSAULT.

"THERE WILL BE
NO QUARTER GIVEN."

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK, JIM?

[CHUCKLES]

I HATE TO SAY ANYTHING
GOOD ABOUT THAT
LONG-WINDED JACKANAPES.

BUT HE DOES KNOW
THE SHORT WAY
TO START A WAR.

THE SIXTH.

THE SIXTH
VERACRUZANA FUSILIERS.

THEY'RE BIVOUACKING
ABOUT A MILE SOUTH
OF OUR WEST BASTION.

LIGHT ARTILLERY,
LANCERS, SOME ENGINEERS.

NOT ONE UNIT
OF HEAVY ASSAULT TROOPS
HAS ARRIVED YET,

AND IT STILL ADDS UP
TO 2,000 MEN.

THAT'LL BE
TO OUR ADVANTAGE, DICK.

THAT MAIN BODY
MUST BE STRUNG OUT FOR MILES.

THE ASSAULT INFANTRY,
HEAVY ARTILLERY, COMMISSARY
AND SUPPLY TRAINS,

THEY WON'T BE HERE
FOR FOUR OR FIVE DAYS.

AND THE ACTUAL BATTLE
CAN'T START UNTIL THEN.

OR, THERE'LL BE OCCASIONAL
SORTIE OR ARTILLERY FIRE
FEELING OUT OUR DEFENSES.

THEY WON'T COMMIT THEMSELVES
TO AN ACT OF ATTACK

UNTIL SANTA ANNA IS HERE
WITH HIS MAIN FORCE.

-THEN WHAT?
-THEN FANNIN WILL BE HERE.

MORE TROOPS ARRIVING
EVERY HOUR.

PRETTIEST ARMY I EVER DID SEE.

YEAH.

IF I TAKE MY MEN OUT,
DO YOU GO WITH ME?

DAVY, YOU KNOW THIS OLD
MISSION CAN'T STAND UP IN
FRONT OF SANTA ANNA'S ARMY.

MY WAY'S THE ONLY WAY.

TRAVIS SAYS
THAT FANNIN'S COMING.

"TRAVIS SAYS"!
I WOULDN'T TAKE TRAVIS' WORD

THAT NIGHT'S DARK AND
DAY'S LIGHT.

BLOWING ON THE HORN,
THAT'S ALL.

CHICKEN IN THE BREADPAN,
PICKIN' UP THE CORN,
THAT'S ALL.

FLIES IN THE BUTTERMILK,
SHOO, FLY, SHOO.
THAT'S ALL.

ANTS IN THE SUGAR BOWL,
TWO BY TWO, THAT'S ALL.

I CARRIED TWICE AS MUCH.

YOU'RE TWICE AS BIG.

[BELL RINGING]

PATROL'S IN TROUBLE!

[GUNS FIRING]

DOGGONE IT, BEEKEEPER,

I THOUGHT YOU WASN'T GOING
TO OPEN THAT CORN LIQUOR
TILL NIGHTFALL!

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?

IT'S ONLY A HALF-HOUR
TILL DARK.

BESIDES, IT'S MY KEG,
AIN'T IT?

WELL, ALL RIGHT.
GIVE ME SOME
OF THAT STUFF.

I'M SO SCARED,
I COULD DRINK ALL OF IT.

MAYBE I WILL.

WHAT'D YOU SEE, IRISH?

MORE THAN I WANTED TO, JIM.

LOT OF MEN ARRIVING.

THEY GOT THE DURN-BLASTEDEST
CANNON EVER I DID SEE!

SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

TWELVE OR 14-FOOT LONG, MAYBE.

HE SURE DRAWS PRETTY,
DON'T HE?

FRIGHTENING.

TWELVE, 14-FEET LONG?
ARE YOU SURE, IRISH?

-WELL, YEAH, I...
-FINN!

YES, SIR!

YOU WERE ORDERED TO
REPORT TO ME, NOT TO HOLD
LECTURE COURSES.

GET UP HERE!

ALL RIGHT, WILL...

UH, UH, COLONEL TRAVIS.

HEY, TRAVIS!

WITH A CANNON LIKE THAT,
THEM SANTA ANNA FELLAS
CAN SIT OUT THERE

AND GIVE US WHAT FOR,
CAN'T THEY?

THERE'S NO SUCH CANNON IN
THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT.

BUT THEY HAVE SOME
IN EUROPE, ACCORDING
TO LAST REPORTS.

ACTING LIEUTENANT FINN
IS EXAGGERATING.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

SHE'S A BIG ONE, DAVY,
AND SHE'S SHOOTING
FROM OVER HERE!

BATTERY ONE!
IS YOUR GUN READY?

WE'RE PRIMED AND READY, SIR.

GIVE IT FULL ELEVATION!

YES, SIR!

THE GUN IS READY, SIR!

FIRE!

KIND OF SHORT THERE,
COLONEL MR. TRAVIS!

I SURE I'M GLAD I SEEN THAT
THERE CANNON SITTING OUT THERE
ON THAT PRAIRIE.

FOR A MINUTE, I THOUGHT
THEY WAS SHOOTING AT US
FROM ONE OF 'EM OLD COUNTRY'S

WAY OVER IN EUROPE.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

NO!

OH, NO! THEY WOULDN'T DARE!

MAN, THAT AIN'T
NO FAIR WAY
TO FIGHT A WAR!

WELL, I GUESS WE BETTER
DO SOMETHING ABOUT
THAT, CROCKETT.

PLAIN AS CAN BE.

ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER DARK?

GOOD.

THIMBLERIG...

FIFTEEN MEN, RIGHT AFTER DARK.
ALL SOBER.

-BOO!
-[EXCLAIMS] HALT!

-I LOST THE BET.
-HUH?

I BET SOME OF MY FRIENDS
I COULD SNEAK UP ON YOU
WITHOUT YOU HEARING ME.

FRIEND, YOU LIKE
TO GOT A HOLE...

[CHUCKLING]

TIE HIM LOOSE.

KICK THAT FIRE OUT
AND KILL OUR SILHOUETTE.

-LET'S GO! OVER THE WALL!
-LET'S GO!

-EVERYTHING SET?
-YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. IT'S TIME, MEN.

OPEN THE GATE.

COLONEL TRAVIS! SENTRY HERE!

-SOMEBODY JUMPED HIM!
-I'LL SAY THEY DID!

THROWED ME DOWN, TIED ME UP,

AND SOME OF THEM
STEPPED ON ME GOING BY,

AND NEVER SO MUCH AS
A BY-YOUR-LEAVE
FROM EVERY ONE OF 'EM.

DAMN IT!

-RETURN TO YOUR POSTS.
-YES, SIR.

CLOSE THE GATE!

WELL, YOU BETTER GET
YOUR MEN MOUNTED THEN.

SEE IF YOU CAN
GIVE THEM ANY HELP.

YES, SIR.

DETAIL...

STAND AHORSE.

GET THE POWDER!

-WHERE'S THE MUD?
-IT'S COMING. HERE IT IS.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

CLEAR OUT! I'LL COVER!

YOU HEARD THE MAN!

[SHOUTING IN SPANISH]

-GO ON, KID, GET OUT OF HERE!
-I CAN SHOOT.

GOLLY, WHAT A GUN!

GO ON! GRAB A HORSE!

[CONTINUING GUNFIRE]

COVER PARTY!

NO ONE WILL FIRE
UNTIL YOU CAN
IDENTIFY YOUR TARGET!

YES, SIR!

LET'S GIVE THEM
A HAND, BOYS!
KNOCK ON IT!

[URGES HORSE]

PICK 'EM UP! PICK 'EM UP!

EVERYBODY RIDES DOUBLE!
COME ON! PICK 'EM UP!

[CONTINUING GUNFIRE]

OPEN THE GATE!
OPEN THE GATE!
HOLD THE GATE!

SOMEBODY'S STILL OUTSIDE!

[CONTINUING GUNFIRE]

CLOSE THE GATE!

GOOD WORK, SMITTY.

WE NEVER MISSED YOU, JIM,
IT'S A GOOD THING
THE KID DID.

AH, THAT HORSE FOLDED WITH ME.

-YOU ALL RIGHT, JIM?
-YEAH, SURE.

MR. SMITH, YOU'VE BEEN HURT!

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

-I TELL YA, IT'S ALL RIGHT.
-DOCTOR!

MMM-MMM. NO BONES BROKEN.

ALL YOU NEED IS A LITTLE
DR. BEEKEEPER'S FIXUM.

SEE? I...

PRETTY CLOSE.

BOWIE?

OH, HE'S ALL RIGHT.
TURNED A HORSE OVER.

-JETHRO?
-YES, SIR?

TELL COLONEL BOWIE
I WISH TO SPEAK
TO HIM AT ONCE.

YES, SIR.

OVER HERE,
WHERE WE CAN HAVE
A LITTLE PRIVACY.

YES, SIR.

-POST THIS AREA.
-YES, SIR.

WILL, CONSIDERING THE WAY
THINGS TURNED OUT...

DICK, LEAVE THIS TO ME.

COLONEL BOWIE,

I'VE HAD JUST ABOUT
ENOUGH INSUBORDINATION.

YOU HAVE?

ALL RIGHT,
LET'S GET TO IT.
WHEN AND WHERE?

I HEAR YOU'RE A GOOD SHOT,
SO LET'S CHOOSE PISTOLS.

I'D ASSUMED
YOU WOULD'VE CHOSEN
THE RUFFIAN'S...

GENTLEMEN, I BEG...

DICK, ACT FOR ME.

TIME.

I SUGGEST AFTER
THIS WAR IS OVER.

YES. THE MINUTE.

THE VERY MINUTE
THIS WAR IS OVER.

JIM?

THAT'S FINE WITH ME.

ONE LAST WORD, BOWIE.

THIS EVENING'S EPISODE,

BY GOING ON A MISSION WITHOUT
ORDERS, YOU ENDANGERED
THIS COMMAND.

IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE
FORTUNATE INTERVENTION

OF CAPTAIN DICKINSON
AND HIS PATROL,

A LARGE NUMBER OF BADLY
NEEDED VOLUNTEERS

WOULD NOW BE DEAD
OUT THERE INSTEAD OF
AT THEIR POSTS IN HERE!

I DEMAND YOUR WORD OF HONOR
THAT THERE WILL BE NO
REPETITION OF SUCH CONDUCT.

OTHERWISE, I SHALL
ORDER YOUR ARREST.

TRAVIS...

DON'T YOU WORRY ANYMORE
ABOUT ARREST
OR INSUBORDINATION.

I TAKE MY PEOPLE OUT
AT DAYBREAK.

COLONEL TRAVIS,
I'M AN OLD MAN,

BUT YOU'RE WRONG!

THAT JETHRO.

REMINDS ME OF A STORY...

PLEASE, CROCKETT!

NO HOMESPUN WISDOM.

NO CRACKER-BARREL PHILOSOPHY.

NONE OF THE BACKWOODS WIT
FOR WHICH YOU ARE FAMOUS.

GOOD NIGHT.

YOU BETTER SLACK OFF
ON ME, MISTER.

THIS CODE-OF-HONOR
BUSINESS DOESN'T
BOTHER ME A BIT.

WHEN THERE'S TROUBLE,
I COME FROM ANY DIRECTION

AS SUDDEN
AND SURPRISING AS I CAN.

MY ONLY CONCERN HERE
IS 23 TENNESSEANS,

SO YOU BETTER LET ME KNOW
WHAT'S IN YOUR MIND.

I'D HAVE THOUGHT
THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN OBVIOUS TO YOU.

IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THIS.

THERE'S SANTA ANNA
WITH 7,000 MEN.

UP HERE IS THE SABINE RIVER.

SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE,

SAM HOUSTON IS TRYING
TO ORGANIZE AN ARMY.

AND RIGHT IN BETWEEN...

IS THE ALAMO.

SANTA ANNA CAN'T GO AROUND

AND LEAVE A FORT
ALONG HIS LINES
OF COMMUNICATION.

HE MUST REDUCE THE ALAMO
BY STORM.

EVERY MINUTE WE BUY
FOR SAM HOUSTON

IS ANOTHER PRECIOUS MINUTE
IN THE LIFE OF TEXAS.

AND, CROCKETT,

NOBODY IS EVER GOING TO SAY
THAT WILLIAM BARRETT TRAVIS

DID NOT BUY
EVERY MINUTE POSSIBLE.

MAKES SENSE.

WHY DIDN'T YOU
TELL BOWIE THAT?

BECAUSE A COMMANDER
DOES NOT HAVE TO EXPLAIN
HIS EVERY DECISION.

YOU EXPLAINED TO ME.

I HAVE GREAT RESPECT
FOR YOU, CROCKETT,

BUT I HAVE NONE FOR THAT
KNIFE-FIGHTING ADVENTURER.

I FIGURED ANY FELLA
THAT SHOULDERED A GUN
WAS DESERVING OF RESPECT.

BUT THEN,
I'M NOT A REAL SOLDIER.

I NEVER FOUGHT
ANYBODY BUT INDIANS.

LESSEN YOU COUNT THE BRITISH.

CROCKETT.

I MUST ASK YOU TO FORGIVE
MY RUDENESS EARLIER ON TO YOU.

I'M AN EASY FORGIVER...

AT TIMES.

GOOD NIGHT, TRAVIS.

CRACK OUT A COUPLE OF JUGS,
AND BRING THAT GUITAR.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO, DAVY?

SERENADE.

WELL,

I HOPE YOU TOLD THAT
LONG-WINDED IDIOT
WHAT YOU THINK OF HIM.

WELL, I'M NOT RIGHTLY
SURE WHAT I THINK OF HIM.

WHAT'S ALL THIS?

I FIGURED WE'D CRACK A JUG

AND TELL EACH OTHER
OUR TROUBLES.

NOW, WAIT A MINUTE, CROCKETT,
DON'T TRY YOUR
WINNING WAYS ON ME.

MY MIND'S MADE UP.

WELL, WE CAN HAVE
A FAREWELL DRINK.

YOU MEAN, YOU'RE STAYING?

THAT'S WHAT I FIGURE, JIM.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL HAVE A DRINK
OR TWO OR TEN,

BUT YOU AIN'T GONNA
GET ME DRUNK
AND CHANGE MY MIND!

OF COURSE NOT.

[SNORING]

MORNING PATROL! LET'S GO!

RISE AND SHINE! UP AND AT 'EM!

BEEKEEPER! COME ON,
SHOW A LEG!

[GRUNTS]

THIMBLERIG! COME ON!
IT'S YOUR DUTY!

-YOUR DUTY!
-SHUT UP! YOU DON'T
HAVE TO WAKE US ALL!

I'LL GET THEM UP, SERGEANT.

THANKS, PARSON. THANKS.

OH.

HEY, BROWN.

$2, AMERICAN,
IF YOU TAKE OUT MY PATROL.

$2?

THIS MORNING,
I WOULDN'T TAKE
YOUR PATROL FOR 10.

I WOULD!

GOT YOURSELF A DEAL, SCOTTY.

WELL, DAVY,

IT LOOKS LIKE
YOU DONE IT AGAIN.

IT DO.

BOWIE?

LOOKED LIKE A TIE TO ME.

[GROANING]

"YOUR DUTY."

GOOD MORNING, COLONEL.

HE'S STILL A-SLEEPIN'.

I'LL TAKE CARE
OF THAT, JETHRO.

-[SPLASHING WATER]
-[SCREAMING] HEY!

OW!

CROCKETT!

CROCKETT!

CROCKETT, WHAT THE DEVIL...

GOOD MORNING, SMITTY. DOC.

DOC: DAVY.

SMITTY: GOOD MORNING.

WELL, YOU GOT YOURSELF
FAMOUS LAST NIGHT.

NOW EVERY PLACE THEY TALK
ABOUT JIM BOWIE,

THEY'LL HAVE TO TELL ABOUT
THE GOOD MAN THAT PULLED HIM
OUT FROM UNDER THE TROOPS.

GEE, WILL THEY?

JIM, THE KID'S ALWAYS
WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT
THAT SANDBAR EPISODE.

-OH, COME ON, CROCKETT.
-WELL, THAT'S THE TRUTH.

HE'S NEVER HEARD
ANYTHING BUT HEARSAY.

GOSH, YES, MR. BOWIE.

ALL THE FELLAS BACK HOME
TALK ABOUT THAT...

CROCKETT: BY THE WAY, SMITTY,

SAY GOODBYE TO JIM.

YOU GOING SOMEPLACE,
COLONEL, UH... JIM?

NO.

NO, I'M NOT GOING NO PLACE.

THAT'S JUST CROCKETT'S
IDEA OF A JOKE.

NOW, YOU GET WELL, SMITTY BOY.

AND THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.

[GRUNTS]

WELL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

IT WAS RUMORED WE WERE
LEAVING THIS MORNING.

I'LL TELL YOU
WHEN WE'RE LEAVING.
GET THAT GEAR PUT AWAY!

CROCKETT.

BY GOD, BOWIE,
YOU'RE BAD-TEMPERED.

NOW DON'T EVER TRY TO MAKE
A FOOL OUT OF ME AGAIN.

-ONCE IS ENOUGH!
-I MAKE UP MY OWN MIND.

NEVER THOUGHT OTHERWISE, JIM.

I WAS WONDERING,

DO YOU THINK THERE'D
BE A MOUTHFUL OF THAT
CORN JUICE LEFT?

WE COULD CUT THE TAR
OUT OF OUR THROATS.

THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, DAVY.

THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I STILL SAY
YOU'RE BAD-TEMPERED.

MAN: AMIGO!

HALT! WHO GOES THERE?

DON'T SHOOT, AMIGO.

A MESSAGE FOR JIM BOWIE.

IN THE SOMBRERO.

JIM?

FELLA SAYS THERE'S A MESSAGE
IN THIS HAT FOR YOU.

KIND OF A STRANGE WAY
TO BE SENDING MESSAGES,
AIN'T IT?

YEAH.

MAYBE SANTA ANNA'S
SURRENDERED.

WHAT IS IT, JIM?

I NEVER KNEW THE NIGHT
COULD BE SO DARK.

[STAMMERING] MY WIFE...

SHE...

SHE'S DEAD.

[SOBBING]

I LIVED THROUGH IT, JIM.

IT'S HARD.

IT WAS THE PLAGUE.

THE DAMN PLAGUE.

[SOBBING]

OH, GOD, DEAR GOD.

OH, DAVY, SHE...

SHE WAS SO SMALL.

SO TINY, SO VERY TINY.

SHE WANTED TO STAY
IN BEXAR TO BE NEAR ME,

BUT I MADE HER GO TO COHUILLA.

I MADE HER GO!

MY MAN PARSON...

KIND OF A PREACHER...

HE KEEPS SAYING...

"LITTLE DO WE MORTALS KNOW."

-HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, JIM.
-[APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS]

COLONEL BOWIE.

YOU'VE HAD A COMMUNICATION
FROM OUTSIDE THESE WALLS.

THIS IS AGAINST MY ORDERS.

WHAT INFORMATION
HAVE YOU RECEIVED?

BOWIE, HAND ME THAT LETTER!

YOU MAY DIE TONIGHT.

THE LITTLE LADY, JIM.

SHE WON'T LIKE IT.

COLONEL BOWIE,

PLEASE ACCEPT
MY MOST PROFOUND SYMPATHY,

AND MY REGRET
FOR HAVING DISTURBED YOU
AT SUCH A MOMENT.

THIS IN NO WAY IMPAIRS
YOUR RIGHT TO CALL ME

ON THE FIELD OF HONOR
AT A LATER DATE.

BUT I WISH TO EXPRESS
MY SORROW FOR YOU.

AND PRESENT MY APOLOGY
FOR BEING SUCH A BOOR
AT SUCH A TIME.

TRAVIS...

YOU CAN'T HELP BEING YOU,

AND I CAN'T HELP BEING ME.

[BUGLE CALL]

WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT,
SERGEANT?

THIRTY-TWO CASES HOSPITALIZED
THIS MORNING, SIR.

WELL, TELL THEM TO MOVE OVER.
AFTER LAST NIGHT'S PARTY, I...

OH, NO, SIR.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

ANOTHER OFFICERS' CALL.

SEE FOR YOURSELF.
IT'S ALL LIKE THAT.

SIR?

GENTLEMEN.

DOCTOR.

IT'S AS SIMPLE
AS THIS, GENTLEMEN.

I HAD 32 CASES OF
MILD DYSENTERY THIS MORNING.

I TESTED THE SALT PORK BARREL
THE RATIONS WERE
RATIONED FROM,

IT'S TAINTED.

SO IS EVERY OTHER BARREL
IN THE WAREHOUSE.

SERGEANT.

BARRING THE PORK,
I FIGURE WE HAVE THREE
OR FOUR DAYS' FULL RATIONS

TO SERVE TO THE GARRISON.

YOU SEE THE DILEMMA,
GENTLEMEN.

WE ARE ALMOST OUT OF FOOD.

HOWEVER, SANTA ANNA DOES
NOT SUFFER UNDER
THE SAME HANDICAP.

THEREFORE, OUR
COURSE IS OBVIOUS.

IF YOU'LL FOLLOW ME.

[SINGING IN SPANISH]

HOLA'!

I CAN THINK OF MORE
COMFORTABLE PLACES

TO WATCH THAT SHOW FROM.

QUIET.

DICK.

YES, SIR?

IT'S A HALF-HOUR
TILL DAYBREAK.

HAVE YOUR MEN STAND AHORSE.

YES, SIR.

[COW MOOING]

[MOANS]

THE NIGHT HERDERS,

TWO TO EACH ONE OF THEM
AND DON'T MISS.

THERE'LL BE A LOT
OF HUNGRY KIDS.

GET GOING.

SMITTY.

GRAB A HORSE OFF THAT
PICKET LINE FOR SMITTY.

GET A GOOD ONE.

COLONEL DAVY?

CAN I ASK YOU FELLAS
SOMETHING FACE TO FACE?

SURE THING, KID.

YOU REALLY SENDING ME
BECAUSE I'M A GOOD HORSEMAN,

LIKE YOU SAID?

AS I LIVE AND BREATHE.

YOU'RE SMARTER
THAN THE BEEKEEPER

AND YOU CAN SWIM BETTER
THAN THE GAMBLER.

IT AIN'T BECAUSE
YOU DON'T THINK

I'D BE WORTH MY SALT
WHEN THE FIGHTING STARTS?

SMITTY, LET ME
TELL YOU SOMETHING.

OF ALL THE MEN IN THIS OUTFIT,

I'D PICK YOU TO SIDE ME,
IF THE GOING WAS ROUGH.

-YOU SEE?
-GEE.

GET ON THIS HORSE.

[COW MOOING]

NOW, THERE'S NOTHING
OUT THERE, KID, BUT DARK.

GOOD LUCK, SMITTY.

IT'LL TAKE HIM QUITE
A FEW DAYS TO GET TO HOUSTON.

THAT'S WHAT I FIGURED.

[HORSE NEIGHS IN FRIGHT]

SOUTH SIDE'S ALL
TAKEN CARE OF.

GET A HORSE.

NOW ALL WE CAN DO IS WAIT.

THAT'S THE HARDEST PART.

IT SURE IS.

HALT.

CARRY ON, DICK.

GOOD LUCK.

THANK YOU, WILL.

BEST OF LUCK, DICKINSON.

FORWARD, GO.

IF THEY DON'T SHOOT
PRETTY QUICK,

WE'VE GOT TO GO ANYWAY.

[GUNSHOTS]

[SHOUTING IN SPANISH]

LET'S TAKE THEM!

[ALL SHOUTING]

[GUNSHOTS]

[WHISTLES]

HOLD YOUR FIRE.

HOLD YOUR FIRE.

PICK YOUR TARGETS.

FIRE!

FIRE AT WILL!

SECOND RANK, FIRE!

FALL BACK.

[WHISTLES]

FIRE!

FALL BACK.

FIRE!

FALL BACK.

SECOND RANK.

FIRE!

FALL BACK.

THIRD RANK.

READY.

FIRE.

CEASE FIRE.

CLOSE THE GATE.

THERE'S ONE THING FOR SURE.

HE'S A BEARCAT FOR NERVE.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

I'D HATE TO LOOK AT A COWARD.
OVER A DUEL AND PISTOL.

YOU'RE NOT MUCH FOR THIS

FORGIVE-AND-FORGET
BUSINESS, ARE YOU, JIM?

NO.

[COWS MOOING]

MEAT FOR SUPPER.

YES, SIR.

HOG NEVER RIGHTLY
COULD PASS FOR MEAT,

BUT BEEF...

DAVY!

SANTA ANNA,

THE BIG HE-BULL HIMSELF.

LET'S GO.

LADIES, TO COVER.

MEN, TO YOUR POSTS.

CAPTAIN DICKINSON.

YES, SIR.

ORDER ALL MEN FED IN RELAYS,

-FULL ISSUE OF AMMUNITION.
-YES, SIR.

THAT'S THE BEST-DRESSED
ARMY I EVER SAW.

FANCY CLOTHES DON'T
MAKE A FIGHTING MAN.

THEY'RE JUST OFF TWO YEARS,
PUTTING DOWN REVOLTS.

THEY'RE FIGHTING MEN.

"GENERALISSIMO SANTA ANNA
HAS JUST ARRIVED

"WITH THE MAIN BODY
OF HIS ARMY

"AND HAS ONLY NOW
BECOME AWARE

"THAT THERE ARE WOMEN
AND CHILDREN IN THE MISSION.

"HE WISHES THAT THE LADIES
RECEIVE HIS APOLOGIES

"AND BE INFORMED

"HIS FORCES HAVE
NEVER ATTACKED A POSITION

"WITHOUT THE ENEMY BEING GIVEN
THE OPPORTUNITY

"TO EVACUATE
WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

"ACCORDINGLY,
YOU HAVE ONE HOUR

"IN WHICH TO EVACUATE
THESE NONCOMBATANTS,

"WHO WILL BE PROVIDED
WITH TRANSPORT TO PROCEED

"TO SUCH DESTINATION
AS IS THEIR CHOICE.

"SIGNED, ANTONIO LOPEZ
DE SANTA ANNA,

"RULER OF MEXICO."
YOUR ANSWER?

MY COMPLIMENTS TO THE GENERAL
FOR HIS GALLANTRY.

WE WILL EVACUATE
OUR NONCOMBATANTS.

SINGLE MEN WILL REMAIN
AT THEIR POSTS!

MARRIED MEN WILL ARRANGE
TRANSPORT FOR THEIR FAMILIES!

SUE.

-YOU BETTER HURRY.
-SHE WON'T GO.

SAVE YOUR BREATH, WILL,

YOUR EVER SO
PERSUASIVE BREATH.

ALL RIGHT. SAY IT.

IT'S A SORRY MAN
THAT CAN'T MAKE HIS WIFE OBEY.

YOU SEEM TO FORGET, DICK,
THAT I, TOO, AM MARRIED.

I'VE GOT TO DO WHAT I THINK
IS THE RIGHT THING.

I'M A SOLDIER'S WIFE.

MY CHILD IS A SOLDIER'S CHILD.

WE'LL STAY.

VERY WELL, SUE.

DICK.

DON'T BE ANGRY WITH ME.

I'M NOT ANGRY.

I'M PROUD.

DICK, TAKE YOUR PATROL.

YES, SIR.

MARRIED MEN,
RETURN TO YOUR POSTS!

OPEN THE GATE!

CAPTAIN DICKINSON.

ESCORT, FORWARD,

YO!

MA'AM, I AIN'T GOT NO WOMAN.
TO SAY GOODBYE TO.

COULD I TELL YOU GOODBYE?

SURELY.

HYAH, BOYS! HYAH!

JOCKO,

NELL, IT'S TIME.

GO ON, JOCKO.
DO THE BEST YOU CAN.

I CAN'T.

I CAN'T.

I JUST CAN'T DO IT, FELLAS.

COLONEL BOWIE,

THIS IS A REQUEST
AND NOT AN ORDER.

BUT I SUGGEST THAT
AS DESPERATE AS OUR NEEDS ARE,

THAT FAMILY'S NEEDS
ARE MORE DESPERATE.

GET IN THAT LINE, JOCKO,

AND MOVE OUT WITH YOUR PEOPLE.

YOU CAN SEE HOW IT IS.

IT'S MORE THAN A MAN CAN BEAR.

SHE'S NEVER SAID A WORD
OF PITY FOR HERSELF

IN THE 10 YEARS
SHE'S BEEN BLIND.

WILL TRAVIS, WHO DO
YOU THINK YOU ARE?

MRS. ROBERTSON,

I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT

NO BLAME WILL ATTACH
ITSELF TO YOUR HUSBAND.

GET MOVING, JOCKO,

OR I'LL HELP YOU ALONG
WITH A TOE OF MY BOOT.

SHUT UP, JIM BOWIE.

AND YOU AND TRAVIS,
LISTEN CLOSE.

MY MAN AIN'T GOING OUT.

HE'S JUST AS MUCH A MAN

AS EITHER ONE OF YOU
AMD MAYBE MORE.

IN SPITE OF HE AIN'T RICH
LIKE YOU, JIM,

OR FANCY EDUCATED
LIKE YOU, WILL TRAVIS.

JOCKO, YOU GET BACK UP
ON THAT WALL,

BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST
AS GOOD AS ANY MAN

THAT EVER TROD LEATHER,

AND IT'S YOUR RIGHT.

AND I CAN'T SEE, BUT I'M JUST
AS GOOD AS ANY WOMAN IN TEXAS.

AND IT'S MY RIGHT
TO GO AND LEAVE YOU.

NOW WE'VE CUDDLED NICE
AND SAID ALL OUR GOODBYES,

BUT I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.

WE'D BE FOOLS NOT TO FACE IT.

YOU'RE LIKELY TO GO
AND GET YOURSELF

KILLED IN THIS BATTLE.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO SAY

GOING THROUGH
THE GATES OF HEAVEN,

BUT I'M GOING TO SAY THAT
NO WOMAN EVER LIVED

HAD A BETTER HUSBAND
THAN YOU'VE BEEN TO ME.

NOW GO ON.

ALL: HIP, HIP, HOORAY!

HIP, HIP, HOORAY!

ALL: HIP, HIP, HOORAY!

CAPTAIN DICKINSON.

YES, SIR.

HAVE THE DOCTOR SET UP
THE HOSPITAL IN THE CHAPEL.

YOU WILL PERSONALLY TAKE
CHARGE OF BATTERY NUMBER FOUR.

YES, SIR.

[SHOUTING IN SPANISH]

[SHOUTING IN SPANISH]

ADELANTE!

HOLD YOUR FIRE.

HOLD YOUR FIRE.

TAKE THEM!

[SCREAMS]

STRAIGHT, FRONTAL ATTACK.

WE NEED MORE MEN UP HERE.

I'LL GET SOME FROM DICKINSON.

[SCREAMS]

FRONT WALL! HURRY IT UP!

-HO!
-IT'S THE PARSON.

CLARINES, SUENEN EL RETIRO!

[BUGLING]

HOLD YOUR FIRE.

HOLD YOUR FIRE!

THEY'RE RETIRING.

MAN: STRETCHER BEARER!

SEE DID ANY
OF OUR BOYS GET HURT.

I'LL BE BELOW, GETTING
WASHED ON THE OUTSIDE

AND WET DOWN INSIDE.

WE'VE BEEN LUCKY TODAY.

CHECK THE DAMAGE.

OFFICERS' CALL IN 10 MINUTES.

BRING ON ANOTHER.

[WOMAN CRYING]

SURE KILLED MANY
A BRAVE MAN TODAY.

IT'S FUNNY,
I WAS PROUD OF THEM.

EVEN WHILE I WAS KILLING THEM,

I WAS PROUD OF THEM.

IT SPEAKS WELL FOR MEN

THAT SO MANY
AIN'T AFRAID TO DIE

'CAUSE THEY THINK.
RIGHT'S ON THEIR SIDE.

SPEAKS WELL.

POST THIS AREA, LIGHTFOOT.

BEG PARDON, SIR,
IT'S ALREADY DONE.

ALL RIGHT, SERGEANT.

REPORT.

FIFTY CASUALTIES,

TWENTY-EIGHT DEAD, 22 WOUNDED.

MORALE HIGH.

WELL, MORALE AIN'T
GONNA HELP US MUCH

IF FANNIN DON'T
GET HERE AND QUICK.

OW, DOC!

QUIT SQUAWKING. YOU OUGHT
TO BE LAYING ON YOUR BACK.

-[SCOFFS]
-YOU'LL NEVER WALK.

SANTA ANNA DIDN'T HAVE
MUCH RESPECT FOR US TODAY.

HE GOT BURNED.

YEAH, NOW HE'S GONNA BE COMING
AT US WITH A BATTLE PLAN

FROM ALL FOUR SIDES.

WE'VE ALREADY BEEN
CUT DOWN BY A THIRD.

JUST HOW LONG DO YOU THINK
WE CAN HOLD OUT?

SANTA ANNA WON'T
ATTACK AGAIN TODAY.

HE'LL CLEAR THE FIELD
OF ALL THE DEAD AND WOUNDED.

WE KNOW THAT FANNIN
WILL BE HERE BY TOMORROW,

EVEN WITHOUT A FORCED MARCH.

WITH HIS 500 MEN,

WE CAN HOLD THIS FORT
FOR AT LEAST A MONTH.

FIVE HUNDRED?
I THOUGHT IT WAS 1,000.

FIVE HUNDRED.

MAN: BONHAM'S
APPROACHING, SIR.

TRAVIS: GOOD.

FANNIN SHOULD BE CLOSE BEHIND.

WELL?

COLONEL FANNIN ISN'T COMING.

HIS MEN WERE AMBUSHED,

MURDERED!

THERE WON'T BE ANY HELP.

HAVE ALL VOLUNTEERS
ASSEMBLED IN THE COMPOUND.

WELL, THAT'S IT.

I'M TAKING MY MEN OUT,
CUT THROUGH TO THE NORTH.

YOU COMING?

SEEMS LIKE THE BETTER
PART OF VALOR.

MEN...

JIM BONHAM HAS BROUGHT NEWS
AS SAD AS DEATH.

COLONEL FANNIN
HAS BEEN AMBUSHED.

WE CAN EXPECT NO HELP.

I STAY HERE WITH MY COMMAND,

BUT ANY OF YOU WHO WISH TO

MAY LEAVE WITH ALL HONOR.

FAILING REINFORCEMENTS,
THE ALAMO CANNOT HOLD.

BUT DO NOT GO
WITH HEADS HUNG LOW.

NO MAN CAN CRITICIZE
YOUR BEHAVIOR.

HERE ON THESE RAMPARTS,

YOU HAVE BOUGHT A PRICELESS
10 DAYS OF TIME FOR HOUSTON.

YOU HAVE BLED THE ENEMY ARMY.

YOU ARE BRAVE
AND NOBLE SOLDIERS.

OPEN THE GATE!

MAY GOD BLESS YOU.

CLOSE THE GATE!

HOLD UP THERE, BUB.

YOU'RE GETTING INTO
DANGEROUS TERRITORY.
WHERE YOU HEADING?

I'M LOOKING FOR
GENERAL SAM HOUSTON.

GOT A MESSAGE FOR HIM.

YOU'VE COME
TO THE RIGHT PLACE.

CORPORAL OF THE GUARD,
POST NUMBER THREE!

-WHAT IS IT?
-HE WANTS TO SEE GENERAL SAM.

COME ON, BUB.

MAN HAS A MESSAGE
FOR THE GENERAL.

YES, SIR.

WELL, YOU BETTER
GET DOWN, SON.

AND GET YOURSELF
SOME FRIJOLE BEANS

AND A LITTLE SLEEP.

NO, SIR!

I'VE GOT TO GET BACK
TO THE ALAMO!

YESTERDAY I READ YOU
COLONEL FANNIN'S MESSAGE

TELLING US HE CANNOT
REACH THE ALAMO IN TIME.

TODAY I HAVE THIS,
FROM THE ALAMO.

THEY ARE SURROUNDED,

AND WE CAN'T HELP THEM.

NOW, TOMORROW,

WHEN YOUR RECRUITS START
TO WHINE AND BELLYACHE,

YOU TELL THEM

THAT 185 OF THEIR FRIENDS,

NEIGHBORS,

FELLOW TEXICANS,

ARE HOLED UP
IN A CRUMBLING ADOBE CHURCH

DOWN ON THE RIO BRAVO,

BUYING THEM
THIS PRECIOUS TIME.

I HOPE THEY REMEMBER.

I HOPE TEXAS REMEMBERS.

♪ A TIME TO BE REAPIN'

♪ A TIME TO BE SOWIN'

♪ THE GREEN LEAVES OF SUMMER

♪ ARE CALLIN' ME HOME

♪ IT WAS GOOD TO BE YOUNG THEN

♪ IN THE SEASON OF PLENTY

♪ WHEN THE CATFISH
WERE JUMPIN'... ♪

IT MAY NOT BE AS COMFORTABLE,

BUT IT'S SAFER IN HERE.

HE'S HAD A HARD DAY.

WILL...

I'M SORRY.

WHAT FOR?

I GUESS I'VE SAID SOME
PRETTY RUDE THINGS TO YOU.

AT LEAST, I THOUGHT THEM.

YOU'RE A WONDERFUL WOMAN, SUE.

FORGET IT.

DICK,

STAY HERE AS LONG AS YOU CAN.

PROBABLY WON'T
NEED YOU TILL MORNING.

I'VE ONLY ADDED
TO YOUR WORRIES, HAVEN'T I?

I KNOW, I MUST BE
VERY SELFISH...

BUT I COULDN'T THINK OF FACING
THE WORLD WITHOUT YOU.

♪ A TIME TO BE REAPIN'

♪ A TIME TO BE SOWIN'

♪ THE GREEN LEAVES OF SUMMER

♪ ARE CALLIN' ME HOME

♪ IT WAS GOOD TO BE YOUNG THEN

♪ TO BE CLOSE TO THE EARTH

♪ NOW THE GREEN
LEAVES OF SUMMER

♪ ARE CALLIN' ME HOME

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, DAVY?

NOT THINKING.

JUST REMEMBERING.

WELL, I'VE SURE DONE
A HEAP OF THINGS

I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE.

SEEMED URGENT AT THE MOMENT.

GOT MYSELF A HEAP OF SINS
TO ANSWER FOR.

WISH THEY WEREN'T SO BIG.

I RECKON OLD SAINT PETE'S

GOING TO SLAM
THEM PEARLY GATES

RIGHT SMACK DAB IN MY FACE.

MAN: THERE AIN'T
NO PEARLY GATES.

WHEN YOU'RE DEAD,
YOU'RE MEAT FOR THE WORMS.

THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.

YOU MEAN, YOU DON'T BELIEVE
IN NO AFTERLIFE, NO HEREAFTER?

TALES FOR CHILDREN,
BUNKUM AND BOSH.

I SAY THIS.

I BELIEVE.

I CAN NEVER FIND A WAY

TO ARGUE DOWN YOU
THAT DON'T BELIEVE,

BUT I BELIEVE IN THE
LORD GOD ALMIGHTY,

ALL-KNOWING

AND ALL-FORGIVING.

AND I BELIEVE THAT GOOD
SHALL BE TRIUMPHANT IN THE END

AND THAT EVIL
SHALL BE VANQUISHED.

I BELIEVE IN A HEREAFTER.

ME, TOO.

I FIGURE, A MAN'S GOT TO
BELIEVE IN THOSE THINGS

'CAUSE YOU WANT TO BELIEVE
IN THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT MAN,

ABOUT HIS VERY OWN SELF,
THE REAL GOOD THINGS,

LIKE COURAGE

AND HONESTY...

AND LOVE.

BOWIE: JETHRO?

YES, SIR?

THIS IS SOMETHING
I PROMISED MRS. BOWIE.

-KNOW WHAT IT IS?
-NO, SIR.

THAT'S YOUR FREEDOM.

YOU'RE A FREE MAN, JETH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

YOU BETTER GET
YOUR BELONGINGS TOGETHER,

GET ON OVER THE WALL TONIGHT.

IT'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN
A LITTLE ROUGH AROUND HERE.

GOOD LUCK, JETH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, COLONEL BOWIE,

YOU SAY I'M A FREE MAN?

THAT'S RIGHT.

WELL, IF I'M FREE,

THEN I GOT A RIGHT TO DECIDE,
WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.

SEEMS TO ME, THAT'S WHAT
YOU MEN ARE FIGHTING FOR.

SO I RECKON I'LL...

I'LL STAY.

[DRUMS BEATING]

LOOK!

GENTLEMEN,

GOOD LUCK.

GET TO YOUR BATTLE STATIONS.

[DRUMMING STOPS]

WHAT'S THAT?

IT'S SURE A LOT.

A LA CARGA!

ADELANTE!

ADELANTE!

GET BOWIE OUT OF HERE.
GET HIM INTO THE CHAPEL!

YES, SIR.

-I'M ALL RIGHT.
-HOLD STILL, COLONEL BOWIE.

-I SAID, I'M ALL RIGHT.
-COLONEL CROCKETT SAYS...

-DON'T START THAT...
-[EXPLOSIVE RUMBLING]

[SCREAMS]

BATTERY NUMBER THREE, COME ON!

GET TO THE INFIRMARY.

[SHOUTING IN SPANISH]

FIRE!

[SHOUTING IN SPANISH]

[MAN SCREAMING]

CROCKETT.

CROCKETT!

NORTH WALL.

HALF OF YOU MEN

THROW UP A BARRICADE HERE.
THROW UP A BARRICADE!

YOU TRY IT THE FRONT WALL.

ADELANTE! ADELANTE!

[SCREAMS]

DOES THIS MEAN
WHAT I THINK IT DO?

IT DO.

[SCREAMING]

AH!

[SCREAMS]

[SCREAMS]

MUCHISIMAS GRACIAS.

POR NADA.

WHERE'S DADDY, MOMMY?

CORNETA.

♪ LET THE OLD
MEN TELL THE STORY

♪ LET THE LEGEND GROW AND GROW

♪ OF THE 13 DAYS OF GLORY

♪ AT THE SIEGE OF ALAMO

♪ LIFT THE TATTERED
BANNERS PROUDLY

♪ WHILE
THE EYES OF TEXAS SHINE

♪ LET THE FORT
THAT WAS A MISSION

♪ BE AN EVERLASTING SHRINE

♪ ONCE THEY FOUGHT
TO GIVE US FREEDOM

♪ THAT IS ALL WE NEED TO KNOW

♪ OF THE 13 DAYS OF GLORY

♪ AT THE SIEGE OF ALAMO

♪ NOW THE BUGLES ARE SILENT

♪ AND THERE'S
RUST ON EACH SWORD

♪ AND THIS SMALL BAND
OF SOLDIERS

♪ LIE ASLEEP
IN THE ARMS OF THE LORD

♪ LIE ASLEEP

♪ IN THE ARMS

♪ OF THE LORD