Gone to Texas (film)

Gone to Texas
Directed by	Peter Levin
Produced by	Frank Q. Dobbs
Written by	Frank Q. Dobbs John Binder
Starring	Sam Elliott
Music by	Dennis McCarthy
Cinematography	Frank Watts
Edited by	Mike Eliot Paula Sanburn
Production company	CBS
Distributed by	CBS
Release dates	1986 (1986)
Running time	144 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Gone to Texas is a 1986 television movie, originally titled Houston: The Legend of Texas. The movie stars Sam Elliott in the title role, and is a biopic of Houston's years as Governor of Tennessee through his involvement in the Texas Revolution.

Cast

• Sam Elliott as Sam Houston
• Claudia Christian as Eliza Allen
• Devon Ericson as Tiana Rogers
• Ned Romero as Cherokee chief John Jolly
• Ivy Pryce as Deaf Smith
• William Russ as William B. Travis
• John P. Ryan as David Burnett
• Michael Beck as James Bowie
• Bo Hopkins as Col. Sidney Sherman
• James Stephens as Stephen F. Austin
• Richard Yniguez as Antonio López de Santa Anna
• Peter Gonzales Falcon as Juan Seguín
• Michael C. Gwynne as Mosely Baker
• Donald Moffat as Col. John Allen
• John Quade as Sen. William Stansbury
• Ritch Brinkley as Sen. Buckley
• G.D. Spradlin as President Andrew Jackson
• John de Lancie as John Van Fossen
• Javier Grajeda as Mexican Lawyer
• Robert F. Hoy as Col. Burleson
• Cynthia Cuprill as Emily
• Blue Deckert as Thomas Rusk
• Ambrosio Guerra as Gen. Martín Perfecto de Cos
• Jerry Haynes as Uncle Jimmy
• Brad Leland as Sgt. Quinn
• John B. Wells as Kuykendall
• Dennis Letts as Capt. Ross
• Joe Morales as Capt. Olivera
• Dave Tanner as George Washington Hockley
• Luis Munoz as Mexican Judge
• David Peña as Col. Almonte
• John Nixon as Joe
• Jerry Biggs as Messenger
• J.D. Feigelson as Military Officer at Wedding Ball
• Andy Stahl as Robinson
• Kevin R. Young as Captain Coleman
• Jimmy Ray Pickens as Taylor
• Roger Ragland as Texan Patriot (uncredited)
• Bill Chemerka as Executed Texan (uncredited)
• James Monroe Black as Tom Fannin (uncredited)
• Paul Suarez as Drummer Dick (uncredited)
• Mark Sevier as The Anahuac Delegate (uncredited)
• Katharine Ross as Susannah Dickinson (uncredited)
• William Schallert as Narrator

External links

• Gone to Texas at IMDb