Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
Directed by	Norman Foster
Produced by	Walt Disney
Written by	Thomas W. Blackburn and Norman Foster
Starring	Fess Parker Buddy Ebsen
Music by	Thomas W. Blackburn George Bruns
Editing by	Stanley Johnson
Distributed by	Buena Vista Distribution
Release date(s)	July 18, 1956
Running time	81 min.
Country	US
Language	English

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates is a 1956 live-action Walt Disney adventure film starring Fess Parker as Davy Crockett. This film is an edited compilation of the fourth and fifth stories featuring the Davy Crockett from the Disney television series:

• Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race (first broadcast November 16, 1955)
• Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (first broadcast December 14, 1955)

Contents 1 Plot 1.1 Keelboat Race 1.2 River Pirates 2 Cast 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Plot

[edit] Keelboat Race

Davy Crockett and George "Georgie" Russel are loaded with pelts as they make their way to the Mississippi River after a successful season of trapper. There they encounter Mike Fink, a blowhard keelboat captain who refuses to take them downriver, unless they pay a ridiculously high fee. That evening, Fink gets Georgie drunk and convinces him to a keelboat race down the Mississippi with the season's pelts as wager.

Crockett uses his notoriety to put together a crew and the race begins. Overcoming numerous obstacles along with Fink's dirty tricks, Crockett wins the race but amiably waives his claim on Finks share of the wager. In gratitude, Fink agrees to take Crockett and Russel all the way back up the river.

[edit] River Pirates

Along the way, the men pick up a traveling minstrel who unbeknowst to them is in league with local river bandits. Crockett and Fink discover that the river pirates are masquerading as Indians as they loot passing freighters from a riverside cave.

The men find their way into the lair, and in the ensuing battle several kegs of gunpowder are exploded, sealing the cave. The victorious heroes escape unscaved with the subdued villains in toe.

[edit] Cast

• Fess Parker as Davy Crockett
• Buddy Ebsen as George Russel
• Jeff York as Mike Fink
• Kenneth Tobey as Jocko
• Clem Bevans as Captain Cobb
• Irvin Ashkenazy as Moose
• Mort Mills as Samuel Mason
• Paul Newlan as Big Harpe
• Frank Richards as Little Harpe
• Hank Worden as Fiddler
• Walter Catlett as Colonel Plug

[edit] See also

• Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

[edit] External links

• Davy Crockett and the River Pirates at the Internet Movie Database

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