It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Max Steiners stirring melodic score gives the already wonderful script and superb acting the icing on the cake to this tale of more truth than fiction. Outlining both sides of the confrontation before the final outcome. Giving reason and substance to the characters not just lifeless figureheads fighting against ghosts as in the later production. Some of the finest action sequences ever filmed in a western are in the final scenes, while the story and action keeps your attention all thru' the film, not just a wait for the end battle. The principal actors were made for the part.This film deserves a better place in noteriaty and film history.I rate this in my top ten westerns, yes maybe top five.

While this is another of the "historically inaccurate" versions of the Texas Revolution and the Battle of the Alamo, I have enjoyed watching this movie since I was a young boy. This movie, and Disney's "Davy Crockett", inspired a life-long passion in me to learn the truth behind the real story of the Alamo. Sterling Hayden, as Jim Bowie, is the central figure of the film. The film depicts Bowie's gradual change from loyal Mexican citizen (and good friend of Mexican leader, Santa Anna) to a leader of the Texas Revolution. While historically inaccurate, the final battle scenes of the Alamo are exciting and well-filmed. My favorite moment is a shot of Mexican infantry and cavalry charging the fort as the defenders open fire. Be sure to watch for Arthur Hunnicutt as Davy (David) Crockett...His performance, while not quite true to Crockett's character, is still fun to watch.

I always liked this Alamo epic better than Wayne's because it moved faster and Sterling Hayden and Arthur Hunnicutt looked like Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett might have been. Hunnicutt's death scene influenced Wayne's in his epic but I'll rate Hunnicutt's an A+ for less "operatic" posing and a more real "I'll take you to hell with me realism. The teeny bopper love angle could've of been dropped though.

Amoung alot of historians and reenactors, this is the best Alamo film ever made. It was very well done, acted, and directed. An all around great job by all! Alamo: Price of Freedom is the most accurate film ever made, but this film is considered the best by far!