Houston The Legend of Texas (1986)

Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston the visionary who nearly singlehandedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right Refusing to forget the Alamo as if anyone could Houston led the military in Texas rebellion against Mexico GD Spradlin costars as President Andrew Jackson with Michael Beck appearing as Jim Bowie James Stephens as Stephen Austin and Richard Yniguez as Mexican General Santa Anna Lensed on location in the Lone Star state this sweeping madeforTV film originally occupied three hours screen time on November 22 1986 Its title at that time was Houston The Legend of Texas Hal Erickson Rovi