Lone Star

Lone Star

The Battle for Texas and the Battle of the Sexes!

1952 · 94 min · ★ 5.7 · Western

Cattle baron Devereaux Burke is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam Houston from establishing Texas as a republic. Burke must fight state senator Thomas Craden, in the process winning the heart of Craden's newspaper-editor girlfriend Martha Ronda.

Directed by Vincent Sherman · Written by Borden Chase

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