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Budget 2,150,000 USD
Buddy Ebsen was going to play Davy Crockett until Walt Disney saw Fess Parker in Them! (1954). When he saw Parker, he said, "That's my Davy Crockett!"
This film made $1 million despite the fact that over 50% of the U.S. had already seen it on TV. The reviews and promotional materials gave no indication that this was a compilation of "Davy Crockett Indian Fighter" (1954) and "Davy Crockett At The Alamo" (1955). The only difference between the TV and movie versions was that the movie was in color. ABC TV, which first aired "Disneyland" (1954), did not broadcast in color at the time.
This originally premiered in three parts, broadcast over several weeks, on Disney's television program "Disneyland". The three segments were each given different titles: "Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter", "Davy Crockett Goes To Congress", and "Davy Crockett at the Alamo".
The film was a bit short for three separate segments, so the "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" was written with music by George Bruns and lyrics by Thomas W. Blackburn, becoming a hit in the 1950's. The most successful version was achieved by Bill Hayes, whose version of the song hit #1 on The Billboard Pop chart 1955.
Walt Disney said that if he'd known the success that Davy Crockett was going to have, he wouldn't have killed Crockett off in the third TV episode.
"Col. Jim Bowie: How many men did you bring? Davy Crockett: Four, including myself. Col. Jim Bowie: Four? Two acres of walls to defend. It'll take a thousand troops to man the garrison adequately. And I got less than two hundred volunteers. Davy Crockett: Two hundred stubborn men can do a terrible lot of fighting."
"Chief Red Stick: Why you no kill me? Davy Crockett: Maybe because of another law. We have trouble living up to it, but it ain't bad for red man or white man: thou shall not kill."
