Westward Ho

Haven't seen WESTWARD HO THE WAGONS since it first came out in 1956 and it was a delight to see it again. Fess Parker and Jeff York are paired together again after playing Davy Crockett and Mike Fink for Disney plus several Mouseketeers from the original Mickey Mouse Club are featured along with David Stollery, who was Marty in "Spin and Marty." Some may find the film cheesy or dated but to me it was a nice trip back down memory lane and a good way to spend 90 minutes on family friendly entertainment.

Amazon Instant Video buyer beware - Amazon version is about 90 minutes as advertised - but the Youtube version gives you about 4 extra minutes - believe me 4 extra minutes will not make this movie great, but it would be nice to know what I missed. There is a song from the movie that is not in the Amazon Video version - again it will not make the movie great. I was 6 years old when the movie came out and never saw it. So now 60 years later after seeing The Great Locomotive Chase on Amazon video I thought this one would live up to the first. It is not bad, just not great as Davy Crockett and Fess Parker's other movies. I gave it a 3 star and I am very grateful I did not purchase it because I would never have gotten my money's worth.

Just a fun Oregon trail movie

We enjoyed seeing how wagon trains moved pioneers westward. Very interesting and entertaining.

I ordered this Disney feature on vhs, is because I have Westward on DvD through the Disney Movie Club and its the most disappointing this I've ever encountered because on DVD,there's 30 minutes of the beginning of this film choped off,and the vhs originally has 94min of running time. My biggest disappointment with the both of these formats is, They're not in the WIDESCREEN format as they originally should've been.

I like stories of the early USA.

I remember the song Wringle Wrangle being in this movie when it first came out. Where is it now?

Excellent family friendly viewing, with lots of great details of what life was actually likeon the trail. The children are all very believable. Great color, beautiful scenery,and interesting story line.