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5.7/10   69 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Jean Holloway (writer)
Mark Twain (novel)
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Release Date:
25 March 1975 (USA) more
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Plot:
Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Perform a concert in words
 (From Roger Ebert's Blog. 10 December 2008, 10:29 AM, PST)

Clint Eastwood to tackle Mark Twain biopic?
 (From The Hollywood News. 3 November 2008, 2:53 PM, PST)

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They should have made this sooner! more (2 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ron Howard ... Huckleberry Finn

Don Most ... Tom Sawyer (as Donny Most)
Royal Dano ... Mark Twain
Antonio Fargas ... Jim

Jack Elam ... King
Merle Haggard ... Duke
Dee Carroll ... Aunt Sally
James Almanzar ... Silas Phelps
Rance Howard ... Pap Finn
Jean Speegle Howard ... Widow Douglas

Clint Howard ... Arch
Sarah Selby ... Aunt Polly
Alex Nicol ... Dr. Robinson

Bill Erwin ... Harvey Wilkes
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard ... Jeremiah
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for language and mild violence.
Runtime:
78 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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Version of Huckleberry Finn (1974) more
Soundtrack:
Mississippi (Said the River, I'm Your Friend) more

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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
They should have made this sooner!, 7 August 2005
8/10
Author: katesgram from USA

This movie was a good one to share with kids- no fears of bad language- sex -etc as in todays movies. The one thing I truly wish is that they would have made this version 10 years sooner when Ron Howard and Donny Most were the right ages to play Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. Even with "babyish" faces they look at least 20 and not the 14 or 15 that they should have been. Ron was about the perfect guy to play the part when he was the right age. I am thinking about the time The Andy Griffith Show ended would have been the right time to do it. The fight scene with Pap made this even more clear. Granted a boy in that era might not have wanted to fight with his father but Ron was actually as big or bigger than his dad. Made the scene too unbelievable. And Donny was even bigger. I would have absolutely loved it had it been made with the same characters earlier. That said I give it an 8 - and earlier version would have gotten a 10.

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