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Huckleberry Finn (1931)

Huckleberry Finn poster
Directed by
Norman Taurog
Genre
comedy, crime
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a 1931 adaptation of Mark Twain's novel. It follows the young rascal Huckleberry Finn as he gets into mischief in a small town on the Mississippi River with his friends Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher.

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What happens

Huckleberry Finn is a 1931 American pre-Code adventure comedy film directed by Norman Taurog, and written by Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt, loosely based on Mark Twain's 1884 novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It stars Jackie Coogan as Tom Sawyer, Mitzi Green as Becky Thatcher, Junior Durkin as Huckleberry Finn, and Jackie Searl as Sid Sawyer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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