Lone Star (1952 film)

This article is about the 1952 film about the struggle over the annexation of Texas, starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner and Broderick Crawford. For the 1996 neo-Western mystery, see Lone Star (1996 film).

Lone Star
Theatrical film poster
Directed byVincent Sherman
Written byBorden Chase
Howard Estabrook
Produced byZ. Wayne Griffin
StarringClark Gable
Ava Gardner
Broderick Crawford
Lionel Barrymore
Beulah Bondi
CinematographyHarold Rosson
Edited byFerris Webster
Music byDavid Buttolph
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc
Release date
  • February 8, 1952 (1952-02-08)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.6 million[1]
Box office$3.9 million[1]

Lone Star is a 1952 American Western film starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford, Ed Begley, and Lionel Barrymore (in his final role) as President Andrew Jackson. The film also marks the first (uncredited) screen appearance by then-13-year-old George Hamilton, playing beside Barrymore in the role of Jackson's servant.[2]

The movie is considered both Western and romance, set in Texas shortly before statehood.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ Wilson, Ross (2016). The Language of the Past. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 223. ISBN 9781474246798. Retrieved June 17, 2019.