Lone Star

Director: Vincent Sherman Vincent Sherman

Overview

During the 1845 battle for Texas' independence, a cattle baron (Clark Gable) spars with an evil senator (Broderick Crawford) over the state's future and for the affections of newpaperwoman Ava Gardner.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/09/2011
UPC:	0883316351697
Original Release:	1952
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:34:00
Sales rank:	24,616

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Clark Gable	Actor
Ava Gardner	Actor
Broderick Crawford	Actor
Lionel Barrymore	Actor
Beulah Bondi	Minniver Bryan
Ed Begley	Sen. Anthony Demmett
William Farnum	Sen. Tom Crockett
Lowell Gilmore	Capt. Elliott
Moroni Olsen	Sam Houston
Russell Simpson	Sen. Maynard Cole
William Conrad	Mizzette
James Burke	Luther Kilgore
Ralph Reed	Bud Yoakum
Ric Roman	Curau
Victor Sutherland	President Anson Jones
Jonathan Cott	Ben McCulloch
Charles Cane	Mayhew
Nacho Galindo	Vincente
Trevor Bardette	Sid Yoakum
Harry Woods	Dellman
Dudley Sadler	Ashbel Smith
George Hamilton	Noah
Roy Gordon	Man
Stanley Andrews	Man
William E. Green	Man
Earle Hodgins	Windy Barton,Windy Barton
Warren MacGregor	Rancher
Rex Lease	Senator
Davison Clark	Senator
Chief Yowlachie	Indian Chief
Emmett Lynn	Josh
Tony Roux	Chico
Lucius Cook	Actor
Rex Bell	Actor
John Alban	le sénateur
Sam Bagley	Actor
George Barrows	Actor
David Buttolph	Composer

Technical Credits

Borden Chase

Howard Estabrook

Z. Wayne Griffin	Producer
Vincent Sherman	Director
Borden Chase	Screenwriter
Howard Estabrook	Screenwriter
Douglas Shearer	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

There's plenty of dust being driven sky high, and horses running to and fro, and nefarious backstage political shenanigans and more big sky Texas settings than you can shake a stick at in Lone Star. Yet somehow, no matter how much or how hard you shake that stick, you can't get Star to come to life. It's a big picture with a big story, but it never becomes the epic-cum-romance that it wants to be; instead, the film just lies there like an exhausted horse in the hot Texas sun. Certainly the script is to blame, as it is filled with clichéd situations and trite dialogue. The characters are thin and predictable, and the dialogue is hokey. A real firebrand of a director might have whipped it into something that was entertaining if empty headed, but Vincent Sherman's work here is perfunctory. Yes, he gets the shots lined up right and everything is where it should be, but there's no spark to it and precious little imagination. Someone with a firm hand and a distinctive touch was needed, and Sherman couldn't supply it. The cast is certainly loaded with talent, but the mighty Clark Gable doesn't have his heart into it, and he's the one who really has to hold it together. Ava Gardner looks luscious but her performance is uninspired and Broderick Crawford plays his part without any surprises. Lionel Barrymore provides some tasty ham as Andrew Jackson, but it's not enough.