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Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

  • 19561956
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 21m
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Buddy Ebsen, Fess Parker, and Jeff York in Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
Davy and his friends leave for New Orleans to sell some fur pelts.
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Davy and his friends leave for New Orleans to sell some fur pelts.Davy and his friends leave for New Orleans to sell some fur pelts.Davy and his friends leave for New Orleans to sell some fur pelts.
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POPULARITY
33,554
4,684
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    • Director
      • Norman Foster
    • Writers
      • Thomas W. Blackburn
      • Norman Foster
    • Stars
      • Fess Parker(archive footage)
      • Buddy Ebsen(archive footage)
      • Jeff York(archive footage)
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Norman Foster
    • Writers
      • Thomas W. Blackburn
      • Norman Foster
    • Stars
      • Fess Parker(archive footage)
      • Buddy Ebsen(archive footage)
      • Jeff York(archive footage)
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    • 20User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews

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    Buddy Ebsen and Fess Parker in Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
    Buddy Ebsen and Fess Parker in Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
    Fess Parker in Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
    Fess Parker in Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
    Buddy Ebsen and Fess Parker in Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
    Fess Parker and Jeff York in Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
    Kenneth Tobey and Jeff York in Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
    Buddy Ebsen and Fess Parker in Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
    Jeff York in Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
    Buddy Ebsen, Clem Bevans, and Fess Parker in Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
    Buddy Ebsen and Fess Parker in Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
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    Fess Parker
    Fess Parker
    • Davy Crockett
    • (archive footage)
    Buddy Ebsen
    Buddy Ebsen
    • George Russel
    • (archive footage)
    Jeff York
    Jeff York
    • Mike Fink
    • (archive footage)
    Kenneth Tobey
    Kenneth Tobey
    • Jocko
    • (archive footage)
    Clem Bevans
    Clem Bevans
    • Cap'n Cobb
    • (archive footage)
    Irvin Ashkenazy
    • Moose
    • (archive footage)
    Mort Mills
    Mort Mills
    • Sam Mason
    • (archive footage)
    Paul Newlan
    Paul Newlan
    • Big Harpe
    • (archive footage)
    Frank Richards
    Frank Richards
    • Little Harpe
    • (archive footage)
    Troy Melton
    Troy Melton
    • Minor Role
    • (archive footage)
    Hank Worden
    Hank Worden
    • Fiddler
    • (archive footage)
    Walter Catlett
    Walter Catlett
    • Colonel Plug
    • (archive footage)
    Fred Aldrich
    Fred Aldrich
    • Townsman
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    William Bakewell
    William Bakewell
    • Official at Keel Boat Race
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Tom Coleman
    • Townsman
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Douglass Dumbrille
    Douglass Dumbrille
    • Saloon Owner
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    George J. Lewis
    George J. Lewis
    • Black Eagle
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Norman Foster
    • Writers
      • Thomas W. Blackburn
      • Norman Foster
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Fess Parker (Davey Crockett) and Jeff York (Mike Fink) would later go on the following year to do Disney's Old Yeller, but never have a scene together in that movie
    • Goofs
      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.
    • Quotes

      [Crockett and Russel approach Fink as the Gullywhumper is secured to the boat landing]

      Davy Crockett: Excuse me, mister? Which one of them fellers is captain of this boat?

      Mike Fink: What did you say?

      Moose: [laughing] He wants to know who the captain is!

      [Fink smacks Moose]

      Mike Fink: How long you bush-wackers been beating the backwoods? Why, everybody knows who the captain of the Gullywhumper is! It's me! Mike Fink, King of the River!

      George Russel: Well, Captain, meet up with Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier.

      Mike Fink: Davy Crockett, huh? Well, it sure is a small world. You're about a foot shorter than you oughta be.

      George Russel: Don't worry, he's still a growin'.

      Mike Fink: Yeah, like them yarns they keep spreadin' about him.

      Davy Crockett: Mighty hard to live up to, sometime.

      Mike Fink: Well, I don't have any trouble livin' up to mine. I am the original ringtail roarer from the thunder 'n lightnin' country! I'm a real snorter and a head buster! I can out-run, out-jump, out-sing, out-swim, out-dance, out-shoot, out-eat, out-drink...

      Davy Crockett: Out-talk?

      Mike Fink: Yeah, out-talk, out-cuss and out-fight anybody in the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers put together!

    • Alternate versions
      UK version submitted to the BBFC in December 2003 is "re-edited" and runs 78 min.
    • Connections
      Edited from The Magical World of Disney: Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race (1955)
    • Soundtracks
      Ballad Of Davy Crockett
      Words by Tom Blackburn

      Words by Tom Blackburn

    User reviews20

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    Top review
    8/10
    Davy Crocett is a man of few words. Davy Crocett is not a man of few roundhouse kicks to the face.
    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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    • Release date
      • July 18, 1956 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Flusspiraten
    • Filming locations
      • Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, USA
    • Production company
      • Walt Disney Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 21 minutes

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