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Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
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Writer:
Thomas W. Blackburn (writer)
Release Date:
25 May 1955 (USA)
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Tagline:
NOW...on the MOTION PICTURE SCREEN!
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Companion
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Frontier
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Alamo
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Lost Cause
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James Bowie
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Exceptional film and very factual for its day.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Fess Parker | ... | Davy Crockett (archive footage) |
 | Buddy Ebsen | ... | George Russel (archive footage) |
| Basil Ruysdael | ... | Gen. / President Andrew Jackson (archive footage) |
| Hans Conried | ... | Thimblerig (archive footage) |
| William Bakewell | ... | Maj. Tobias Norton (archive footage) |
| Kenneth Tobey | ... | Col. Jim Bowie (archive footage) (as Ken Tobey) |
| Pat Hogan | ... | Chief Red Stick (archive footage) |
| Helene Stanley | ... | Polly Crockett (archive footage) |
| Nick Cravat | ... | Busted Luck (archive footage) |
| Don Megowan | ... | Col. William Travis (archive footage) |
| Mike Mazurki | ... | Bigfoot Mason (archive footage) |
| Jeff Thompson | ... | Charlie Two Shirts (archive footage) |
| Henry Joyner | ... | Swaney (archive footage) |
| Campbell Brown | ... | Bruno (Bigfoot henchman) (archive footage) (as Colonel Campbell Brown) |
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Runtime:
93 min | USA:150 min (TV version) (3 parts)
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Iceland:L |
Australia:G |
USA:G (re-rating) (1978) |
USA:PG (re-rating) (1992) |
Finland:K-12 |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:U |
West Germany:12
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This film made $1 million despite the fact that over 50% of the U.S. had already seen it on TV.
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Anachronisms: 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.
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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.
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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.
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Time of the Apes (#4.6)" (1991)
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I first saw this film in 3 half hour segments over a 3 week period in 1956 and have seen it so often I can almost recite the dialogue. Fess Parker has been and always will be Davy Crockett, and even though George Russell was a ficticious character, he also did a super job. I reccommend this film highly, and its so much nicer to see at one time.