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Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

Adventure · Family · Western · 1956

Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and Georgie, allied with Fink, battle a group of river pirates trying to pass themselves off as Native Americans.

Movie details

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

“THRILLING ADVENTURES...frontier giants join forces to challenge the might of the River Raiders.”

1956 Adventure · Family · Western 1h 21m

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and Georgie, allied with Fink, battle a group of river pirates trying to pass themselves off as Native Americans.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Norman Foster

Written by

Norman Foster · Thomas W. Blackburn

Fess Parker

Fess Parker

Davy Crockett

Buddy Ebsen

Buddy Ebsen

George Russel

Jeff York

Jeff York

Mike Fink

Kenneth Tobey

Kenneth Tobey

Jocko

Clem Bevans

Clem Bevans

Cap'n Cobb

I

Irvin Ashkenazy

Moose

Mort Mills

Mort Mills

Sam Mason

Court is in session

Put Davy Crockett and the River Pirates on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.