Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke, who 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.


Lone Star (1952)
The Battle for Texas and the Battle of the Sexes!
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Clark Gable
Devereaux Burke

Ava Gardner
Martha Ronda

Broderick Crawford
Thomas Craden

Lionel Barrymore
Andrew Jackson

Beulah Bondi
Minniver Bryan

Ed Begley
Anthony Demmet

James Burke
Luther Kilgore

William Farnum
Tom Crockett

Lowell Gilmore
Captain Elliott