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Top Billed Cast
Sam De Grasse Silent Smith
Allan Sears David Crockett
Walter Long Santa Anna
Alfred Paget James Bowie
Fred Burns Captain Dickinson
John T. Dillon Colonel Travis
Juanita Hansen Old Soldier's Daughter
Ora Carew Mrs. Dickinson
Monte Blue Defender of the Alamo
Charles Stevens Mexican Soldier
Augustus Carney Old Soldier
Douglas Fairbanks Joe / Texas soldier
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