This is an insanely made TV version of "Huckleberry Finn". I say this because one of the most important characters from the book is completely omitted and THE main point of the novel is completely missing!! This is because back in 1955 the country was very divided racially and some idiots thought that the way to appease the bigots out there was to omit the runaway slave, Jim, from the story! I am pretty sure Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) would NOT have been pleased and he probably was spinning like a rotisserie in his grave because of this! Because of this, no matter how good the rest of the story is, it's only a pale imitation of the original and they should have been ashamed of themselves for making the story this way. So what are we left with? Well, many of the characters are here but, oddly, Injun Joe is apparently a zombie, as he died in "Tom Sawyer" (a book set BEFORE "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"! My advice? See another version or read the book. I like that this book is a rare example of a book that has been both banned by ultra-conservatives and do-gooder liberals--which is a great reason to read it.