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Man of Conquest is a 1939 American Western film directed by George Nicholls, Jr. and starring Richard Dix, Gail Patrick and Joan Fontaine. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Score, Best Sound (Charles L. Lootens) and Best Art Direction (John Victor Mackay). The film marked the first serious attempt by Republic Pictures to break out from its traditional production of B Movies and produce a work of greater cost and prestige. The film is a biopic of the politician Sam Houston, focusing on his relationship with Andrew Jackson and his role during the Texas Revolution. It was inspired by Marquis James's 1929 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Houston.
Original Release
05/15/1939
US Release
05/15/1939
Cast
Name | Character |
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Richard Dix | Sam Houston |
Gail Patrick | Margaret Lea |
Joan Fontaine | Eliza Allen |
Edward Ellis | Andrew Jackson |
Ralph Morgan | Stephen F. Austin |
Victor Jory | William B. Travis |
Robert Barrat | David Crockett |
Robert Armstrong | Jim Bowie |
C. Henry Gordon | Santa Ana |
George 'Gabby' Hayes | Lannie Upchurch |
Directors
Writers
Wells Root, Edward E. Paramore Jr., Jan Fortune, Harold Shumate
Cast
Name | Character |
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Richard Dix | Sam Houston |
Gail Patrick | Margaret Lea |
Joan Fontaine | Eliza Allen |
Edward Ellis | Andrew Jackson |
Ralph Morgan | Stephen F. Austin |
Victor Jory | William B. Travis |
Robert Barrat | David Crockett |
Robert Armstrong | Jim Bowie |
C. Henry Gordon | Santa Ana |
George 'Gabby' Hayes | Lannie Upchurch |
Max Terhune | Deaf Smith |
Janet Beecher | Mrs. Sarah Lea |
Pedro de Cordoba | Oolooteka |
Kathleen Lockhart | Mrs. Allen |
Ferris Taylor | Jonas Lea |
Leon Ames | John Hoskins |
Arthur Aylesworth | Polk Ridge Tennessean |
Jack George | Orchestra Leader |
Max Waizmann | Official |
Ernie Adams | Tennessee Volunteer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sol C. Siegel | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1940 | Oscar | Best Art Direction | Nominated |
1940 | Oscar | Best Sound, Recording | Nominated |
1940 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Score | Nominated |