There is something great about a movie that can cause an entire generation to let loose its imagination with pure adventure. Oh sure, there will always be those few dunderheads who will complain about the killing of Indians and Mexican soldiers. However, as much as they would like to change it, history is history regardless of results. There have always been, and will always be, clashes and wars between various peoples throughout the world. Both the white man and the black man fought and killed Indians and all manner of nationalities all the way from the East and throughout the history of the American West. Then there will also be those who will complain about early day special effects and stunts. Well hey, that's why they were early day and that is how show business people learned to improve movies and technology over the years. So get over it and just enjoy the movie. I'm not going to go through the story line, most of us are familiar with following Davy Crockett and his pal Georgie Russel as they tamed the Indian uprisings, through Congress and on to the Alamo in Texas. I just bought and watched the movie on a DVD which also includes Davy Crockett and the River Pirates and a Chip & Dale cartoon. The picture on this DVD is absolutely beautiful, it looks like it was made yesterday instead of 1954. My nine year old grandson came in when it was just starting. He began watching and sat all the way through and loved it. So it stands the test of time. I haven't seen it for quite some years and it took me back to the days when we knew who the good guys were and who the bad guys were. Not like many movies today where the distinction is a blur and bad guys are made to look like good guys. No wonder so many kids are confused, but that's another subject. I actually picked up on a couple of bloopers I hadn't noticed in younger years. In the scene where Davy is about to fight Red Stick and an Indian offers him the choice of a sharp hatchet or a blunt stone ax, the weapons magically switch hands from when the Indian is seen from the front and from the back. Also, at the Alamo when Davy shoots the two Mexican soldiers working the cannon using Betsy his single shot musket, he does it quickly as if he had two barrels or a breach-loader. So quick there was no time to reload. Allow me to focus on some of the actors in the movie. Fess Parker is the only Davy Crockett to me. In fact, so much so, that when I saw John Wayne playing him in the first Alamo, it was hard to believe he could be Davy. As good as John Wayne was he was no Davy Crockett compared to Fess Parker. Although Fess Parker certainly did some great film work other than Davy Crockett, he didn't stay with it and at one point seems to have dropped out of the movie/TV scene and went into business. Maybe he figured it was hard to top his fame as Davy or maybe he just figured to go out on top. What is noteworthy is that Buddy Ebsen, who played the second part as the side kick, actually did much more in film. He was one heck of a dancer in his younger days if you've seen him in Shirley Temple's Captain January and others. He gained fame also as Jed Clampett on the Beverly Hillbillies and Barnaby Jones on TV. He was to be Davy Crockett until Walt Disney saw Fess Parker in "Them" and he was also to be the scarecrow in "The Wizard of OZ" until he became ill from the metallic makeup. Regardless, he did well for himself. Fess also did well in business and has owned a winery for some years in California. A big thanks to Fess and Buddy for a job well done! Other actors in the movie were Mike Mazurki as Bigfoot who was a wrestler before movies and usually played a tough guy, even back in an early Dick Tracy. Hans Conried was Thimblerig and a familiar face in many TV and movies including Uncle Tonoose in TVs Make Room for Daddy and the voice of Captain Hook in Disney's Peter Pan. Jim Bowie was played by Kenneth Tobey whom I remember in his own TV show in the 50's show titled Whirlybirds. Most of the other actors did not appear to go on to bigger and better film work. One can watch this over and over and never tire of it. So grab your musket and coon-skin cap and enjoy!