Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

71 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$400,000 (est.)^[1]

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout is a 1950 American Western film directed by Lew Landers and starring George Montgomery and Ellen Drew.^[2] Wartime hero Johnny McKee had a small role in the film,^[3] as did Jim Thorpe.^[4] The film was shot at the Motion Picture Centre, with filming commencing June 1948.^[5] Much of the footage was taken from the 1940 film Kit Carson, starring Jon Hall, Dana Andrews, and Clayton Moore.^[6]

Plot

During the 1840s, a wagon train is headed west with Davy Crockett (George Montgomery), a young man who shares a name with his famous frontiersman uncle, acting as one of the train's Native American scouts. After the passengers narrowly survive a series of ambushes from Native Americans, they come to believe that a spy is on board, helping plot the attacks. Suspicions fall on Davy's innocent partner, Red Hawk (Philip Reed), so he and Davy set out to find the real culprit.

Cast

• George Montgomery as Davy Crockett
• Ellen Drew as Frances Oatman
• Phillip Reed as Red Hawk
• Noah Beery Jr. as Tex McGee
• Paul Guilfoyle as Ben
• Addison Richards as Capt. Weightman
• Robert Barrat as James Lone Eagle
• Erik Rolf as Mr. Simms
• William Wilkerson as High Tree
• John Hamilton as Col. Willard
• Vera Marshe as Mrs. Simms
• Jimmy Moss as Jimmy Simms
• Chief Thundercloud as Sleeping Fox
• Kenne Duncan as Sgt. Gordon (as Kenneth Duncan)
• Ray Teal as Capt. McHale
• Iron Eyes Cody as Brave (uncredited)

References

External links

• Davy Crockett, Indian Scout at IMDb
• Davy Crockett, Indian Scout at the TCM Movie Database
• Davy Crockett, Indian Scout at AllMovie
• Davy Crockett, Indian Scout at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films