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Overview

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Director:
Norman Foster
Writers:
Thomas W. Blackburn (writer) and
Norman Foster (writer)
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Release Date:
18 July 1956 (USA) more
Tagline:
EXCITING NEW ADVENTURES...In The Living Legends Of A Turbulent River Era. more
Plot:
Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Davy Crocett is a man of few words. Davy Crocett is not a man of few roundhouse kicks to the face. more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Fess Parker ... Davy Crockett (archive footage)

Buddy Ebsen ... George Russel (archive footage)
Jeff York ... Mike Fink (archive footage)
Kenneth Tobey ... Jocko (archive footage)
Clem Bevans ... Cap'n Cobb (archive footage)
Irvin Ashkenazy ... Moose (archive footage)
Mort Mills ... Sam Mason (archive footage)
Paul Newlan ... Big Harpe (archive footage)
Frank Richards ... Little Harpe (archive footage)
Troy Melton ... (archive footage)

Hank Worden ... Fiddler (archive footage)
Dick Crockett ... (archive footage)
Walter Catlett ... Col. Plug (archive footage)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
81 min | Argentina:85 min | Spain:85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Filming Locations:
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, USA

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Plot holes: The move is set in 1810. Davy asks Georgie to charge up Old Betsy in the saloon. Davy got his rifle, Old Betsy, in the 1820's. more
Quotes:
Mike Fink: I can out-run, out-jump, out-sing, out-swim, out-dance, out-shoot, out-eat, out-drink...
Davy Crockett: Out-talk?
Mike Fink: Out-talk, out-cuss, out-fight anybody in the whole Mississippi and Ohio Rivers put together!
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Movie Connections:
Follows Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955) more
Soundtrack:
Yaller, Yaller Gold more

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Davy Crocett is a man of few words. Davy Crocett is not a man of few roundhouse kicks to the face., 16 September 2008
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Author: fomlife777 from United States

Davy Crockett counted to infinity - twice.

If you found 'Davy Crocket: King of the Wild Frontier' a fun film, you probably liked it. 'Davy Crocket and the River Pirates' continues the fun and increases it as it flows more smoothly story wise then it's predecessor. It flows smoothly perhaps because there is a river in it, because rivers usually flow well if not roughly at times. Davy goes up against the King of the River Mink Fink in a race down the Ohio. I currently live near the Ohio river in Steubenville Ohio. It doesn't look as clean as it did back then, as everything looked cleaner back then if you take 50's films seriously.

After beating the tar out of each other, they take on the river pirates giving the Indians a bad name and beat the tar out of them. The action is more intense then the last time around, because it ignores the moral Mr. Smith dialogues in congress in favor of fists flying through the air. And the fight scenes believe you me, looks just as real as if Davy Crockett was fighting outside your local bar.

Davy Crocket is so suave and cool, basically because he just is and quite frankly he is humble about it which makes him more suave and cool. He doesn't brag or come up with wise cracks like some modern action heroes, he just goes and kicks butt wherever it is needed. Kinda of like Chuck Norris. But Davy has his own theme song, which they take time for in this production to sing as their going down the river. Mink Finch has his boys sing a song about him, but it never caught on in record sales.

The River Pirates deserves a place on your video library shelf, right next to the other Davy flick. Chances are they'll be on the same DVD, so you may have no choice in the matter.

What is the quickest way to mans heart? Davy Crockett's fist.

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