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May 24, 1974 · Huckleberry Finn: Directed by J. Lee Thompson. With Jeff East, Paul Winfield, Harvey Korman, David Wayne. In 1840s Missouri, young Huckleberry Finn, wanting to escape his violent drunkard father, joins Black runaway slave Jim on a quest for freedom down the Mississippi River on a raft.
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- Adventure, Family, Musical
- J. Lee Thompson
- 1974-05-24
Huckleberry Finn is a 1974 musical film version of Mark Twain 's 1884 novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn . The movie was produced by Reader's Digest and Arthur P. Jacobs (known for his role in the production of the Planet of the Apes films) and directed by J. Lee Thompson. It stars Jeff East as Huckleberry Finn and Paul Winfield as Jim.
- Songs:, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Score:, Fred Werner
- J. Lee Thompson
- May 24, 1974
- Arthur P. Jacobs
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Mark Twain's much beloved 1884 boys' adventure novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn becomes a spirited musical in the 1974 Readers Digest adaptation Huckleberry Finn. Mischievous but good-hearted Huck Finn (Jeff East) is fed up with the constraints of living with his prim and proper guardians, the Widow Douglas and Miss Watson, in small town ...
- J. Lee Thompson, Robert F. Blumofe
- Jeff East
Huckleberry Finn is a 15-year-old boy who has had a difficult relationship with his often violent father for a long time. When Dad tried to kidnap him, Huck decides to run away from home, and heads out of town on a raft. Huck is soon joined by Jim, a runaway slave who is no more eager to see his master than Huck is to see his father. As the two friends make their way down the Mississippi, they ...
Despite the best efforts of the Widow Douglas (Jean Speegle Howard) to civilize him, Huck Finn (Ron Howard) remains largely incorrigible. When his alcoholic father (Dee Carroll) comes back to town ...
Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and ...
