Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier

1955
U
1h 33m

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Fess Parker in Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955)

American frontiersman Davy Crockett fights in the Creek Indian War, is elected to the U.S. Congress and fights for Texas at the Alamo.American frontiersman Davy Crockett fights in the Creek Indian War, is elected to the U.S. Congress and fights for Texas at the Alamo.American frontiersman Davy Crockett fights in the Creek Indian War, is elected to the U.S. Congress and fights for Texas at the Alamo.

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Fess Parker

Davy Crockett

Buddy Ebsen

George Russel

Basil Ruysdael

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Hans Conried

Thimblerig

William Bakewell

Maj. Tobias Norton

Kenneth Tobey

Col. Jim Bowie
(as Ken Tobey)

Pat Hogan

Chief Red Stick

Helene Stanley

Polly Crockett

Nick Cravat

Busted Luck

Don Megowan

Col. William Travis

Mike Mazurki

Bigfoot Mason

Jeff Thompson

Charlie Two Shirts

Henry Joyner

Swaney

Campbell Brown

Bruno
(as Colonel Campbell Brown)

Robert Booth

Congressman #2
(uncredited)

Eugene Brindel

Billy Crockett
(uncredited)

Benjamin Hornbuckle

Henderson
(uncredited)

Jim Maddux

Congressman #1
(uncredited)

Director
- Norman Foster
Writer
- Thomas W. Blackburn
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Trivia
Buddy Ebsen was going to play Davy Crockett until Walt Disney saw Fess Parker in Them! (1954). When he saw Parker, he said, "That's my Davy Crockett!"

Goofs
In his speech to the House of Representatives arguing against Jackson's expansion policies, Crockett uses the term "scalawags" twice. The term "scalawag" was not introduced until the 1840s, and was not widely used until after the Civil War, yet Crockett's speech was ostensibly between the years 1827 to 1835.

Quotes
Col. Jim Bowie: How many men did you bring?
Davy Crockett: Four, including myself.
Col. Jim Bowie: Four? Two acres of walls to defend. It'll take a thousand troops to man the garrison adequately. And I got less than two hundred volunteers.
Davy Crockett: Two hundred stubborn men can do a terrible lot of fighting.

Connections
Edited from Disneyland: Davy Crockett: Indian Fighter (1954)

Soundtracks
Ballad of Davy Crockett
Music by George Bruns
Lyrics by Thomas W. Blackburn (as Tom Blackburn)

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Disney's Davy Crockett

Watching Disney's Davy Crockett at the impressionable, ripe old age of seven in 1954 started me on a lifelong love affair with American History. I now have in my den a flintlock Kentucky long rifle on one wall replete with arrowheads, powder horn, etc. and lots of Civil War (my other interest) books and just historical stuff in "my" room/retreat. Interestingly, I gave my co-worker (much younger than me) the Disney DVD to show his son. He gave it back to me stating he didn't want his son saying Injun or Redskin and wondered why the term "Native American" hadn't been dubbed in. I told him history was history and wasn't politically correct and that if the PC crowd had their way American history would indeed be revised. And by the by, I, as a person born in the USA was a "Native American". What a shame...am sure his son would have been enthralled!!! Watching those DVD's today brings my childhood rushing back to me and as I get older a keener sense of appreciation to Walt Disney and a gratitude to him for sparking my interest in our nation's history...thanks Walt!! And thanks Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen!!!