Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)

Directed by

Norman Foster

Genre

biographical film, pirate film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 21m

Rated

G

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 69 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A prequel to the earlier Davy Crockett movie. Davy and his friend Georgie enter a keelboat race against a boastful rival. They also need to stop a gang of river pirates who are causing trouble on the river.

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What happens

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates is a 1956 American Western film produced by Walt Disney Productions. A prequel to Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier, it was thought of as a means to salvage revenue from Disney killing off the Davy Crockett character within the three program arc ending in the Battle of the Alamo, greatly diminishing the value that could have been derived from what surprisingly had exploded into a worldwide phenomenon. The feature film is an edited, repurposed and recut compilation of the last two episodes of the Davy Crockett television miniseries. Episodes from the miniseries with footage from the film include: Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race and Davy Crockett and the River Pirates. The film stars Fess Parker as Davy Crockett and Buddy Ebsen as Crockett's amiable sidekick George "Georgie" Russell. It tells of an untold story where Davy Crockett and Georgie race against Mike Fink in a keelboat race and deal with a gang of river pirates. The film was shot in Morganfield, Kentucky. The release takes place prior to the events of the previous film, which consists of the first three episodes of the Davy Crockett miniseries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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