Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Verity Robins Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

rdoyle29 Davy Crockett saves the day during the Creek Indian War, runs for Congress and dies at the Alamo (spoiler!) in this "film" compiled from three episodes of the TV series. It's not really a rip-off since the series was filmed on colour film stock, but aired in black and white. Seeing it in colour is impressive, especially much of the scenery shot in North Carolina in the opening segment. I don't think it's top notch Disney, but it's good stuff.

wes-connors In the early 1800s, fearless frontiersman Fess Parker (as David "Davy" Crockett) fights and kills a bear. His real job, however, is killing Native American Indians in the Mississippi Territory. During a break in battle, Mr. Parker goes home to see his wife and sons in Tennessee. He often wears his famous "coonskin cap". Back in action, Parker must rescue loyal side-kick Buddy Ebsen (as George E. Russel), who is captured by Indians. This leads to a confrontation where Parker cites the commandment "Thou Shalt Not Kill" and stops killing Indians. He begins to stand up for the Native Americans' right to a portion of land; he wants "Red" and "White Man" to respect each other's way of life...His fighting skills and ability to see both sides in a conflict leads Parker to politics. "Davy" becomes an advocate for Native American rights and American freedom, in general. Finally, Parker, joins the battle for the Texas Alamo...Quickly capitalizing on the "Davy Crockett" craze, producer Walt Disney commissioned this feature film edit from three episodes of his "Disneyland" television program. The studio does a nice job piecing it together, and it's presented in color. The TV show was, then, being broadcast only in black-and-white. Parker is endearing and the character grows to respect Native Americans. They aren't portrayed with a lot of dignity, however. "Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier" is not factual. However, the story gets an honorable pardon for acknowledging the fact when Parker dismisses, as fiction, a contemporary pamphlet purported to record "folk hero" Davy's adventures.***** Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (5/25/55) Norman Foster ~ Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Basil Ruysdael, William Bakewell

charliesonnyray When I was 5 I absolutely loved this film. Davey Crockett was one of my idols next to Arnold Schwarzenegger and The Ninja Turtles as a kid. It was hard for you not to see me and not hear The Ballad of Davey Crockett now and again. However that was nearly 10 years ago and that is about the same amount of time it's been since I have seen it. I looked over it recently and I know now why I liked itso much now. The film is humorous at points, dramatic at others but the action can be cheesy. Also I didn't liketheir use of stock footage. However over all the movie was pretty good.I suggest re watching it for those who watched it as a kid and eventhose who haven't seen it will enjoy it if they are up for watching a classic from Disney that isn't a cartoon.

elskootero I first saw this movie, over the 3 Sunday nights it ran on THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR, as The Disney show was then called, and fell head over heels with the character of Davy. He was so honest and good to my 5 year old mind and now, 50 (50!?!?!?) years later, I still admire the man and all he stood for. I was living in San Antonio, TX, at the time these 3 shorts came out, so I had my parents take me to the Alamo after the last installment and today I own a model 1816 Flintlock musket that was carried by a Mexican soldier in the second wave of the morning assault of March 6, 1836. The soldier; Eduardo Escalon's Great-Grandson furnished me written provenance from his Grandmother, who died in 1924, that her father had carried this particular rifle in the assault, and when he mustered out of the army after San Jacinto, he brought it with him when he emigrated to the US (Texas, of course), in 1838, and documents the history of the weapon during the battle, and it is in Fine shape for a rifle that's 179 years old and is still very accurate, though only for maybe 5- to 75 yards. And the tie-in to this film is obvious, and yes, I sometimes sit with the rifle in my hands when I watch the now DVD that just came out and think about the history of the whole scene.