Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier

1955
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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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6.8/10

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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
When Crockett arrives in western Tennessee, shown on a map, the geography of the scenes still shows east Tennessee mountains. In reality, the Obion River area around Rutherford, where Crockett went, is actually rather flat, river-bottom county, with small hills in comparison to the eastern mountains.

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 The Magical World of Disney: 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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Featured review

8/10

Eternal Movie

How can you say anything bad about a movie that gave you so much joy as a child and one that you can watch over and over again? The acting is a little bad and the script is a little stupid. Reference General Jackson "stoppered?" But even thought those things I feel are true, the joy is still there and you hate to see it end. Since no one knows how Crockett really died, not having him dead at the end but knowing it was only moments away was the best way they could have done it. The movie even had some historic truths which other movies about the Alamo lacked such as the attack before dawn. It seemed longer when I was a kid and I know they have cut some; yea even important scenes, which I wish they would restore to DVD or VHS.