Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
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| Directed by | Norman Foster |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Written by | Tom Blackburn and Norman Foster |
| Starring |
Fess Parker Buddy Ebsen Jeff York |
| Music by | Thomas W. Blackburn (lyrics) George Bruns Edward H. Plumb (orchestration) |
| Edited by | Stanley Johnson |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
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Release date
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July 18, 1956 |
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Running time
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81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates is a 1956 live-action Walt Disney adventure film starring Fess Parker as Davy Crockett. It was shot in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois. This film acts as a prequel to 1955's Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier and is an edited compilation of the fourth and fifth stories featuring the Disney television series Davy Crockett:
This is the ninth live-action film produced by Walt Disney Productions.
Davy Crockett and George "Georgie" Russell are loaded with pelts as they make their way to Maysville, Kentucky on the Ohio River after a successful season of trapping and hunting. There they encounter Mike Fink, blowhard captain of the keelboat Gullywhumper who refuses to take them downriver, unless they pay a ridiculously high fee. That evening, Fink gets Georgie drunk and convinces him to keelboat race down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans, with the season's pelts as wager against two barrels of Fink's "Monongahela whiskey", as well as his own self-proclaimed title of "King of the River".
Crockett uses his celebrity to put together a crew for Capt. Cobb's keelboat Bertha Mae and the race begins. Overcoming numerous obstacles, including an Indian attack near Cave-In-Rock and Fink's dirty tricks, Crockett ultimately wins the race but amiably waives his claim on Fink's share of the wager. In gratitude, Fink offers them a free boat ride back upriver so Crockett and Russell can get home.
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