The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)

Directed by

Michael Curtiz

Genre

drama film, comedy film, adventure film, children's film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy named Huck Finn fakes his own death to escape his abusive father. He then travels down the Mississippi River on a raft with a runaway slave named Jim, encountering various people and situations along the way.

lightheartedhumorousadventurouswhimsicalwarmclassiceasygoing

What happens

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a 1960 American adventure drama film directed by Michael Curtiz. Based on the 1884 novel of the same name by Mark Twain, it was the third sound film version of the story and the second filmed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was the first adaptation of Huckleberry Finn to be filmed in CinemaScope and Technicolor. It stars Eddie Hodges as Huck and former boxer Archie Moore as the runaway slave Jim. Tony Randall also appeared in the film (and received top billing), and Buster Keaton had a bit role in what proved to be his final film for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, his former studio. Neville Brand portrayed Pap Finn, Huck's alcoholic father. Some scenes in the film were shot on the Sacramento River, which doubled for the Mississippi River. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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