Davy Crockett und die Flusspiraten (1956)

Davy Crockett und die Flusspiraten: Directed by Norman Foster. With Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Jeff York, Kenneth Tobey. Davy and his friends leave for New Orleans to sell some fur pelts.

“This was a theatrical compilation of two episodes of Davy Crocket series that were aired on ABC TV Disneyland , 55-56 years , taking footage here and there . In this adventure and comical Western movie is narrated myths and legends in hilarious style of the famed American frontiersman and explorer . I deals with Davy and his colleague Georgie Russell , Buddy Ebsen, vying a boastful fatty called Mike Frank , Jeff York, nicknamed u0026quot; the King of the riveru0026quot; in a boat race to city of New Orleans and along the way they encounter some nasty river pirates .After that , once the competition is finished , Crockett and Georgie supported by Mike take on the river pirates who are attempting to rob the sailors of their possessions .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe plot is is simple, the first part concerns about a fun race in which our friends compete against u0026quot;The King of the Riveru0026quot; 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 filmu0026quot; How the West was wonu0026quot; 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 u0026quot;The great locomotive chaseu0026quot; 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 TVu0026#39;s were being sold, yet . As a result , these two Crockett episodes could be turned into an amusing picture by stitching them together .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003enThis one contains agreeable musical score by George Bruns , Disneyu0026#39;s regular ,including classic song u0026quot;The ballad of Davy Crockettu0026quot; 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.”