Directed by James Cruze Written by Walter Woods Betty Compson as Molly Jones Ricardo Cortez as Jack Weston Ernest Torrence as Ascension Jones Wallace Beery as Rhode Island Red George Bancroft as Jack Slade Frank Lackteen as Charlie Bent Johnny Fox as Billy Cody (credited as John Fox Jr.) William H. Turner as William Russell Al Hart as Senator Glen Charles Gerson as Sam Clemens Rose Tapley as Aunt Duke Kahanamoku as Indian Chief Directed by George Nicholls Jr. Written by Harold Shumate Wells Root Jan Isbell Fortune Edward E. Paramore Jr. Richard Dix as Sam Houston Gail Patrick as Margaret Lea Edward Ellis as Andrew Jackson Joan Fontaine as Eliza Allen Victor Jory as William B. Travis Robert Barrat as David Crockett George 'Gabby' Hayes as Lannie Upchurch Ralph Morgan as Stephen F. Austin Robert Armstrong as Jim Bowie C. Henry Gordon as Santa Ana Janet Beecher as Mrs. Sarah Lea Pedro de Cordoba as Oolooteka Max Terhune as Deaf Smith Kathleen Lockhart as Mrs. Allen Russell Hicks as Mr. Allen Leon Ames as John Hoskins Olaf Hytten as Footman (uncredited) Ethan Laidlaw as Fighter (uncredited) Francis Sayles as Martin Van Buren (uncredited) Charles Stevens as Zavola (uncredited)