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Lone Star

Lone Star

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 24, 1952

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Western

User Score

55%

Original Title

Lone Star

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director

Vincent Sherman

Description

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.