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Writers:
Mark Twain (novel)
James Lee (screenplay)
Release Date:
3 August 1960 (USA) more
Plot:
Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
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User Comments:
Mark Twain is spinning in his grave! more (11 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Tony Randall | ... | The King of France | |
| Archie Moore | ... | Jim | |
| Eddie Hodges | ... | Huckleberry Finn | |
| Patty McCormack | ... | Joanna Wilkes | |
| Neville Brand | ... | Pap Finn | |
| Mickey Shaughnessy | ... | The Duke | |
| Judy Canova | ... | Sheriff's wife | |
| Andy Devine | ... | Mr. Carmody | |
| Sherry Jackson | ... | Mary Jane Wilkes | |
| Buster Keaton | ... | Lion Tamer | |
| Finlay Currie | ... | Capt. Sellers | |
| Josephine Hutchinson | ... | Widow Douglas | |
| Parley Baer | ... | Grangeford man | |
| John Carradine | ... | Slave catcher | |
| Royal Dano | ... | Harlan, Sheriff |
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Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' (USA) (complete title)
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107 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
South Korea:All | West Germany:6 (f) | USA:Approved (certificate #19461) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-8 | Norway:7
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The four songs included in the film were originally intended for an M-G-M Technicolor musical version of "Huckleberry Finn" which was supposed to have been filmed in 1952, but was never made. It was supposed to have starred Dean Stockwell as Huck, William Warfield (fresh from his triumph as Joe in Show Boat (1951)) as Jim, and Gene Kelly and Danny Kaye as the two con men. more
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Anachronisms: Just before Huck and Jim jump off the riverboat, Huck puts on his pants. We hear a "snap" as he snaps his pants. He then zips up his zipper. Neither snap fasteners or zippers were in use at the time (1851). more
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Version of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981) (TV) more
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I Ain't Never Felt So Good Before more
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Michael Curtiz should have been thoroughly ashamed of himself when he was finished with this production. I can understand why directors will shorten or paraphrase certain adaptations from well-known literature, but to make wholesale changes in an American masterpiece is unforgivable. Huge and important parts of the novel were totally absent, or switched around and added to other parts of the movie that made it incomprehensible. Eddie Hodges (and Archie Moore) were terrible choices for the two main characters. Aside from never coming even close to a realistic dialect from that time and locale, neither actor were truly up to the task. There were some bright spots, though - notably Mickey Shaughnessy and Tony Randall (but even these were wasted.) Overall, a very poor effort and a waste of any true film buff's time. It leaves a very bad taste in one's mouth. Twain deserves better. If you want to see a better version, check out the 1939 version with Mickey Rooney.