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 (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) | |
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Jeff Thompson | ... | Charlie Two Shirts (archive footage) |
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Henry Joyner | ... | Swaney (archive footage) |
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Campbell Brown | ... | Bruno (archive footage) (as Colonel Campbell Brown) |
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Legends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes. Crockett and his friend George Russell fight in the Creek Indian War. Then Crockett is elected to Congress and brings his rough-hewn ways to the House of Representatives. Finally, Crockett and Russell journey to Texas and partake in the last stand at the Alamo. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
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25 May 1955 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$2,150,000, 31 December 1955Company Credits
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Thimblerig: There are times when cowardice is a virtue, my dear Colonel. It makes choosing a cause so very simple. Now, I know nothing about Texas of which you speak, but I do know of the fury of the outraged minions of the law. And as a consequence, I fear what lies behind me far more than the unknown that lies ahead.
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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!" See more »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. See more »Quotes
Davy Crockett: Well, me and Russel are figuring on heading down Texas way. That ain't no place these days for a riverboat gambler with wobbly legs.Thimblerig: There are times when cowardice is a virtue, my dear Colonel. It makes choosing a cause so very simple. Now, I know nothing about Texas of which you speak, but I do know of the fury of the outraged minions of the law. And as a consequence, I fear what lies behind me far more than the unknown that lies ahead.
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1st watched 9/23/2001 - 6 out of 10(Dir-Norman Foster): Simple yet BIG-hearted hero in Davy Crockett is represented here as doing many bigger than life things than dying as a martyr for the American old west at the Alamo but living on in the hearts of others. Fess Parker displays this hero with much humor along with his partner played by Buddy Epsen which helps because we have a hard time believing all of the stories of grinning a bear down(or 'bar' according to Crockett) and fighting injuns with his bare hands and winning. Light-hearted fare with wonderful character shown in the Davy Crockett legend should always be appealing to the American spirit.