Two screen legends clash in 1959 One has sunk his life savings and reputation into making an epic movie, and the other badly wants to have a role in the motion picture.During location filming, an actress friend of both stars is murdered.A true story with an alternative history twist presents the strange case behind the movie magic: the murder of LeJean Ethridge just as she was about to be directed by John Wayne in his classic film about the Alamo.Famous names drop in and end up dropped: J. Edgar Hoover, Howard Hughes, John Huston, Hedda Hopper, Jeffrey Hunter-and those are just the 'H' list from the address book of Audie Murphy.Old newspaper clippings, publicity releases, press-book gloss, and dirty laundry, all come together in MURDER AT THE ALAMO.If you don't believe it, you aren't a fan of movies.
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