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Director:
Norman Foster
Writer:
Thomas W. Blackburn (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
25 May 1955 (USA) more
Genre:
Family | Western | Adventure | Drama more
Tagline:
NOW...on the MOTION PICTURE SCREEN!
Plot Keywords:
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NewsDesk:
Actor Buddy Ebsen Dies at 95
 (From WENN. 7 July 2003)
User Comments:
Simple yet BIG-hearted hero in Davy Crockett... more (19 total)

Cast

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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)
Jeff Thompson ... Charlie Two Shirts (archive footage)
Henry Joyner ... Swaney (archive footage)
Campbell Brown ... Bruno (Bigfoot henchman) (archive footage) (as Colonel Campbell Brown)
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
93 min | USA:150 min (TV version) (3 parts)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:G | USA:G (re-rating) (1978) | USA:PG (re-rating) (1992) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | West Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Great Smoky Mountains National Park - 107 Park Headquarters Road, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA more
Company:
Walt Disney Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This film made $1 million despite the fact that over 50% of the U.S. had already seen it on TV. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: As the camera scans across the river from where Andy Jackson is camped near the beginning of the film, a modern house can be seen for a second or two. more
Quotes:
Col. Jim Bowie: How many men did you bring?
Davy Crockett: Four, including myself.
Col. Jim Bowie: Four? Two acres of walls to defend. It'll take a thousand troops to man the garrison adequately. And I got less than two hundred volunteers.
Davy Crockett: Two hundred stubborn men can do a terrible lot of fighting.
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Movie Connections:
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Simple yet BIG-hearted hero in Davy Crockett..., 23 September 2001
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Author: dwpollar from Bothell, Washington

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.

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