Davy Crocket: King of the Wild Frontier

 This movie was put together out of three episodes of a television series, and it shows. It's clearly divided into three parts, and the acting is the kind of the over the top that is often found in children's entertainment.  This can be funny at times, so the film does provide a little mirth. While its depictions of the Creek people are horribly racist, it manages to do a far better job with this issue than does Peter Pan. This is rooted in the fact that Crocket, for his time, was progressive when it came to relations with the native people of North America.  He vehemently opposed the Indian removal acts put forward by Andrew Jackson. This was a policy of ethnic cleansing, so removing the natives, so the white settlers could have good land.  It was widely popular at the time, and Crocket's opposition to it lead to the end of his political career. He decided to go to Texas, where he was killed in the Alamo.  The movie sticks very closely to real history for most of the plot. Should you watch it?  It's an interesting cultural artefact, so it isn't a complete waste of time. 

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