1. Plot

2. Cast

3. References

4. Bibliography

5. External links

The film marked the first serious attempt by Republic Pictures to break out from its traditional production of B Movies and produce a work of greater cost and prestige.^[3] The film is a biopic of the politician Sam Houston, focusing on his relationship with Andrew Jackson and his role during the Texas Revolution. It was inspired by Marquis James's 1929 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Houston.

Plot

Sam Houston fights beside his friend Andrew Jackson and is wounded. Not long thereafter, Jackson is elected President of the United States and appoints Houston as governor of Tennessee.

Houston is married to Eliza Allen, but his lifestyle as a politician does not appeal to her. Their divorce is somewhat scandalous for the time, and Houston decides to accept Jackson's suggestion that he become ambassador to the Cherokee tribe instead.

On a trip to Washington, D.C., to put forth his argument how the Indians are being mistreated in their own land, Houston falls in love with Margaret Lea at a presidential ball. She returns with him to Texas, where the next mission for Houston is to free the territory from the rule of Mexico, either by diplomacy or on the battlefield.

Stephen F. Austin disagrees with Houston's methods, preferring peaceful negotiations. But when the army of Santa Ana heads toward the Alamo in tremendous numbers, Houston knows there can be no peaceful settlement. He arrives too late to prevent the carnage there, but then leads the Texans in their fight for freedom and statehood.

Cast

• Richard Dix as Sam Houston
• Gail Patrick as Margaret Lea
• Edward Ellis as Andrew Jackson
• Joan Fontaine as Eliza Allen
• Victor Jory as William B. Travis
• Robert Barrat as David Crockett
• George 'Gabby' Hayes as Lannie Upchurch (as George Hayes)
• Ralph Morgan as Stephen F. Austin
• Robert Armstrong as Jim Bowie
• C. Henry Gordon as Santa Ana
• Janet Beecher as Mrs. Sarah Lea
• Pedro de Cordoba as Oolooteka
• Max Terhune as Deaf Smith
• Kathleen Lockhart as Mrs. Allen
• Ferris Taylor as Jonas Lea
• Leon Ames as John Hoskins

References

Bibliography

• Hurst, Richard M. Republic Studios: Between Poverty Row and the Majors. Scarecrow Press, 2007.

External links

• {{AFI film|1192|Man of Conquest}}
• {{IMDb title|id=0031620|title=Man of Conquest}}

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