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.
- Davy Crockett
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- George Russel
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- Jocko
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- Cap'n Cobb
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- Moose
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- Sam Mason
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- Big Harpe
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- Little Harpe
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- Hank
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- Fiddler
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- Colonel Plug
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- Townsman
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- (uncredited)
- Official at Keel Boat Race
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- (uncredited)
- Townsman
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- (uncredited)
- Saloon Owner
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- (uncredited)
- Black Eagle
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- (uncredited)
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- TriviaFess Parker (Davy Crockett) and Jeff York (Mike Fink) would appear the following year in Disney's "Old Yeller", but don't have a scene together in that movie.
- GoofsThe 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 versionsUK version submitted to the BBFC in December 2003 is "re-edited" and runs 78 min.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Magical World of Disney: Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race (1955)
- SoundtracksBallad Of Davy Crockett
Words by Tom Blackburn
Words by Tom Blackburn
The plot is is simple, the first part concerns about a fun race in which our friends compete against "The King of the River" and fight off each other to win the risked competition ; second part deals with the three allied friends battling pirates who disguising as Native American to take earthly supplies from naive boat passengers ; this plot bears remarkable resemblance to the classic film" How the West was won" by Ford , Marshall and Hathaway, in which mountain man James Stewart was robbed by river pirates In Cave-in-Rock , the same place where was shot this Davy Crockett and River Pirates . As usual, Fess Parker and and his sidekick Buddy Ebsen give sympathetic performances . They are accompanied by Jeff York as the sly , boastful Mike providing a lot of laughters and mayhem .York starred various chapters of Disneyland and "The great locomotive chase" along with Fess Parker .And an enjoyable support cast as Mort Mills, Kenneth Tobey , Clem Bevans, Douglas Dumbrielle and Hank Worden .This movie was actually 2 episodes of Disney TV show spliced together and released as feature movie .Walt Disney shot this show in color in spite of few color TV's were being sold, yet . As a result , these two Crockett episodes could be turned into an amusing picture by stitching them together .
This one contains agreeable musical score by George Bruns , Disney's regular ,including classic song "The ballad of Davy Crockett" sung by singer Bill Hayes , lyrics Thomas Blackburn , it had number 1 billboard pop hit in 1955 .Colorful cinematography by Bert Glennon , shot on location in Cave In Rock , Illinois and New Orleans, though is urgent necessary a perfect remastering .The motion picture was well directed by Norman Foster who directed various Disneyland episodes , adventure movies ,and numerous Western series and films such as Tombstone territory , Bat Masterson, Viva Cisco Kid , The sign of Zorro , Navajo , Crazy and Custer the untold story and Rachel and the stranger. Rating : 6.5/10 essential and indispensable watching for adventure fans and Davy Crockett series enthusiasts . Well worth seeing.
- ma-cortes
- Jun 17, 2018
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