Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

Summary

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates is a 1956 American Western film produced by Walt Disney Productions. A prequel to Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier, it was thought of as a means to salvage revenue from Disney killing off the Davy Crockett character within the three program arc ending in the Battle of the Alamo, greatly diminishing the value that could have been derived from what surprisingly had exploded into a worldwide phenomenon. The feature film is an edited, repurposed and recut compilation of the last two episodes of the Davy Crockett television miniseries. Episodes from the miniseries with footage from the film include: Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race and Davy Crockett and the River Pirates. The film stars Fess Parker as Davy Crockett and Buddy Ebsen as Crockett's amiable sidekick George "Georgie" Russell. It tells of an untold story where Davy Crockett and Georgie race against Mike Fink in a keelboat race and deal with a gang of river pirates.