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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a american film of genre Drama directed by Michael Curtiz released in USA on 3 august 1960 with Eddie Hodges
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
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Add to a movie listThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a 1960 American film directed by Michael Curtiz. Based on the famous Mark Twain novel of the same name, it was the third sound film version of the story and the second filmed by MGM. The film was the first adaptation of Huckleberry Finn to be filmed in Cinemascope and Technicolor. It starred Eddie Hodges as Huck and former boxer Archie Moore as the runaway slave, Jim. Tony Randall also appeared in the film (and got top billing), and Buster Keaton had a bit role in what proved to be his final film for his old studio, MGM. Neville Brand portrayed Huck's alcoholic father, Pap Finn.
Some scenes in the film were shot on the Sacramento River, which doubled for the Mississippi River.
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In the pre-Civil War South Huck escapes his brutal, criminal father by taking to the Mississippi River with a fugitive slave Jim. They have several adventures on their way to attempt to gain Jim's freedom.Actors
Eddie Hodges
(Huckleberry Finn)
Tony Randall
(King of France)
Neville Brand
(Pap Finn)
Patty McCormack
(Joanna Wilkes)
Mickey Shaughnessy
(Duke of Bilgewater)
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