Huckleberry Finn
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Norman Taurog
Jackie Coogan
Junior Durkin
Mitzi Green
Jackie Searl
Eugene Pallette
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In the 1850's in St. Petersburg, Missouri, two mischievous boys, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, find pirate's treasure while playing in a cave. Later, Huck goes to live in the house of the widow Douglas and makes an unsuccessful effort to adjust to school life. Tom, infatuated with Becky Thatcher, spends less time with Huck, who is about to run away when his drunken father kidnaps him and locks him in a shack. Overwhelmed by guilt for having let Huck down, Tom rescues Huck with the help of the widow Douglas' slave Jim, and the three decide to head south on the Mississippi River on a raft. Along the way, they encounter a pair of scoundrels, who command Tom's loyalty by pretending to be a king and duke. Tom and Huck, begging for food for the con men, meet a pair of recently orphaned sisters who await the arrival of two uncles from England, and the con men impersonate the uncles to steal the sisters' $14,000 legacy. Huck, however, is smitten with Mary Jane, the older sister, and at the last moment he and Tom foil the planned robbery. The three wanderers return home, and Huck cheerfully resumes school under Mary Jane's influence.
Director
Norman Taurog
Cast
Jackie Coogan
Junior Durkin
Mitzi Green
Jackie Searl
Eugene Pallette
Clarence Muse
Clara Blandick
Jane Darwell
Oscar Apfel
Warner Richmond
Charlotte V. Henry
Lillian Harmer
Guy Oliver
Doris Short
Cecil Weston
Aileen Manning
Frank Mcglynn
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
For realism, the 1850s town of St. Petersburg, MO was reconstructed for a set, according to the pressbook. Mark Twain's novel has been the basis of many films. For information on other film adaptations of Mark Twain's novel, see entry above for the 1960 M-G-M release The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn.
