List of the best Fess Parker movies: Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier(1955), The Great Locomotive Chase(1956), Davy Crockett and the River Pirates(1956), Westward Ho the Wagons!(1956), Smoky(1966), The Light in the Forest(1958), The Jayhawkers(1959), Old Yeller(1957), Hell Is for Heroes(1962), The Hangman(1959), Them!(1954), Thunder Over the Plains(1953) ... ...
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1955
93 Minutes
Davy Crockett
davy crockett general native american chief native american warrior settler frontiersman engaging rousing patriotic tennessee san antonio congress the alamo wild west frontier life american indian wars old west friendship the alamo expansionism
American frontiersman Davy Crockett fights in the Creek Indian War, is elected to the U.S. Congress and fights for Texas at the Alamo.
Drama, History
USA
1956
85 Minutes
James J. Andrews
Fess Parker Jeffrey Hunter Jeff York John Lupton Eddie Firestone Kenneth Tobey Don Megowan Claude Jarman Jr. Harry Carey Jr. Slim Pickens Morgan Woodward
soldier spy conductor thrilling rousing railway georgia tennessee train train robbery espionage theft american civil war chase escape quest adventure 1860s
During the Civil War Union spy Andrews and his men volunteer to steal a Confederate train and drive it to Union territory while destroying the Confederate railway system along the way.
Adventure, Kids & Family
USA
1956
81 Minutes
Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and Georgie, allied with Fink, battle a group of ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1956
90 Minutes
John 'Doc' Grayson
Fess Parker Kathleen Crowley Jeff York David Stollery Sebastian Cabot George Reeves Barbara Woodell John War Eagle
The adventures of a group of pioneers as their wagon train crosses the West.
Western
1966
102 Minutes
Clint Barkley
Fess Parker Diana Hyland Katy Jurado Hoyt Axton Robert Wilke Armando Silvestre Jorge Martinez De Hoyos Ted White
cowboy horse brother soldier rancher moving rousing profound american west ranch albuquerque, n.m. horses separation reunion world war ii duty brotherhood rescue love quest
A rodeo star's attachment to a wild stallion is put to the test when the horse is mistreated by a series of owners.
Adventure
USA
1958
95 Minutes
A young white man who spent his whole life raised by Native Americans is sent to live with his birth family and must learn to fit in with people he was taught to hate.
Western
USA
1959
100 Minutes
Cam Bleeker
Jeff Chandler Fess Parker Nicole Maurey Henry Silva Herbert Rudley Frank de Kova Don Megowan Leo Gordon Shari Lee Bernath Jimmy Carter
Before the U.S. Civil War rebel leader Luke Darcy sees himself as leader of a new independent Republic of Kansas but the military governor sends an ex-raider to capture Darcy.
Kids & Family, Drama
1957
83 Minutes
Jim Coates
Dorothy McGuire Fess Parker Tommy Kirk Kevin Corcoran Jeff York Beverly Washburn Chuck Connors
boy mother father dog brother endearing heartwarming sad texas ranch household childhood friendship family pets farming bravery growing up discovery sacrifice
A teenage boy (Tommy Kirk) grows to love a stray yellow dog while running his Texas homestead with his father (Fess Parker) away.
War, Drama
USA
1962
90 Minutes
Sgt. Pike
Steve McQueen Bobby Darin Fess Parker Harry Guardino James Coburn Mike Kellin Nick Adams Bob Newhart
sergeant private hustler nazi soldier gritty intense france battlefield bunker church bar horrors of war world war ii bravery armed conflict heroism sacrifice quest 1940s
Small squad must hold off German attack.
Western
USA
1959
86 Minutes
Sheriff Buck Weston
U.S. Marshal Bovard comes to a small border town to identify and arrest a fugitive, but the whole town seems determined to prevent the Marshal from doing his job.
Sci-Fi
USA
1954
94 Minutes
Alan Crotty
James Whitmore Edmund Gwenn Joan Weldon James Arness Onslow Stevens Sean McClory Chris Drake Sandy Descher Mary Alan Hokanson Fess Parker William Schallert
police officer partner fbi agent entomologist general young girl frightening gripping outlandish creepy new mexico desert los angeles monsters radiation uncontrollable experiment animals attacking rescue quest 1950s
The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization.
Western
USA
1953
82 Minutes
Kirby
Randolph Scott Lex Barker Phyllis Kirk Charles McGraw Henry Hull Elisha Cook Jr. Hugh Sanders Lane Chandler James Brown Fess Parker Richard Benjamin
lawman northerner politician wife prisoner veteran gutsy tense melodramatic texas jail ranch frontier political corruption framed for murder vigilantism civil war reconstruction carpetbagger lynching pursuit
In Post-Bellum Texas, an army captain tries to keep the peace between overtaxed, impoverished farmers and greedy carpetbaggers.
Western
USA
1952
75 Minutes
Joseph Cotten Shelley Winters Scott Brady Suzan Ball Minor Watson Katherine Emery Antonio Moreno Douglas Spencer John Alexander Lee Van Cleef Richard Garland
Squeezed between Mexico and the Denbow family lands lies the U.S. government free grazing land but the incoming settlers cannot reach it without trespassing on the Denbow property which is defended by an army of Denbow cowhands.
Comedy
USA
1952
82 Minutes
Tony Curtis Piper Laurie Spring Byington Don DeFore Jack Kelly Lillian Bronson Paul McVey Stephen Chase Lee Acker Frank Sully James Parnell
Alvah, a young GI who happens to own a vineyard, elopes to Las Vegas with Lee, his housekeeper's daughter. But Alvah's chicken pox postpone the wedding night. The rest revolves around more ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1952
93 Minutes
Gary Cooper Phyllis Thaxter David Brian Paul Kelly Philip Carey Lon Chaney James Millican Martin Milner Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Jerry O'Sullivan James Brown
major wife son traitor thief confederate soldier intense rousing melodramatic colorado military base mountain saloon ranch battlefield american civil war secret mission treason horse thieves impersonation
Major Lex Kearney becomes the North's first counterespionage agent as he tries to discover who's behind the theft of Union cavalry horses in Colorado during the Civil War.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1953
81 Minutes
Ann Sheridan Sterling Hayden Philip Reed Lee Patrick Phyllis Stanley Lee Aaker Harvey Grant Dusty Henley Larry Gates Forrest Lewis Dorothy Neumann
A pretty saloon entertainer escapes the marshal's custody and hides in a small town where she unexpectedly becomes surrogate mother to three motherless boys who wish to see their father re-married.
Comedy
USA
1959
92 Minutes
Bob Hope Rhonda Fleming Wendell Corey Jim Davis Gloria Talbott Will Wright Mary Young Mickey Finn Bob Gunderson Fred Kohler Jr. Ethan Laidlaw
insurance salesman outlaw boss cowboy girlfriend madcap thrilling wild west small town office insurance botched job deception robbery jesse james quest love underdog 1880s
Outlaw T.J. "Jesse" James tries to kill insurance agent Milford Farnsworth, who has been mistaken for him in order to collect on a big policy.