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 ...
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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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Davy Crockett: Soft soap ain't good for nothing but washing dirty hands, General.
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Music by George Bruns
Lyrics by Thomas W. Blackburn (as Tom Blackburn)
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Singer/actor Bill Hayes, then a veteran of TVs legendary "Your Show Of Shows", had a 1955 No.1 Billboard Pop hit with "The Ballad Of Davy Crockett". In 1970, he temporarily gave up singing, due to a bout with laryngitis. He auditioned for the role of Doug Williams on the long running Soap Opera "Days Of Our Lives" (1965) and has kept that role for 42 years (1970-2012). See more »Goofs
Davy and Polly's first born was John Crockett, second was Billy Crockett. Movie has Billy as the older, Johnny as the younger. See more »Quotes
General Andrew Jackson: You've been making quite a name for yourself in local politics.Davy Crockett: Soft soap ain't good for nothing but washing dirty hands, General.
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Ballad of Davy CrockettMusic by George Bruns
Lyrics by Thomas W. Blackburn (as Tom Blackburn)
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The mid fifties television production of Walt Disney's "Davy Crockett" struck a nerve in the physic of American children. This three part TV mini-series launched the "Davy Crockett Craze", a phenomena that swept the Nation for some time.
Davy Crockett collecting cards, coonskin caps, toys, other assorted memorabilia, and the ever popular recording of the "Ballad of Davy Crockett", were only some of the outward signs of it's vast popularity. Actors, Fess Parker, as Davy Crockett, and Buddy Ebson as his sidekick, Georgie Russell became popular with almost most every child in America, practically over night. The show was so successful that the original three part series was clipped together and released to theaters as a full length movie. Then the Disney Studio produced a two part TV sequel the following year.
There is little doubt that by today's standards there was nothing special about it's plot, or dialog, or the acting, etc. Some critics might go as far to say it was rather silly, childish, and a mediocre production at best.
Perhaps that's all true, but it would miss the most important point. Seldom has any TV production cause so many young people to love a couple of screen characters so deeply, and with such spontaneous joy. In this regard it is a Classic and holds a special place in the history of television art.