The Alamo 1960

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: As his own producer and director, Mr. Wayne has unfortunately let his desire to make a "big" picture burden him with dialogue. His action scenes are usually vivid, his talk scenes are long and usually dull. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Interminable. Read more

Tom Milne, Time Out: An elephantine, historically inaccurate, stridently patriotic tribute to the handful of Texans who faced assault by 7,000 Mexican baddies. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: In spite of the painstaking attempts to explore the characters of the picture's three principal heroes (Bowie, Crockett, Travis), there is an absence of emotional feeling, of a sense of participation. Read more