Pamela Tiffin

To prove himself to his girlfriend, a Mexican general rounds up his men and marches on Texas intent on recapturing the Alamo on Washington's Birthday.

Academy Award. winner Geraldine Page stars as the spinster Alma. Laurence Harvey is Doctor John Buchanan, the handsome young man Alma has loved since childhood. But when a sultry vamp appears (Rita Moreno), the doctor falls hard, descending into a seamy nightlife and leaving Alma's dreams behind like forgotten embers.

Fearing that a large shipment of whiskey may not reach its destination, a colonel assigns Captain Paul Slater to safeguard the cargo until it arrives.