The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960 film)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Film poster
Directed by	Michael Curtiz
Written by	Novel: Mark Twain
Screenplay by	James Lee
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Starring	Eddie Hodges Archie Moore Tony Randall Neville Brand
Cinematography	Ted D. McCord
Edited by	Fredric Steinkamp
Music by	Jerome Moross
Production companies	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Formosa Productions, Inc.
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.^[1]
Release date	August 3, 1960 (1960-08-03) (U.S.)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,357,000^[2]
Box office	$2,750,000^[2]^[3]

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a 1960 American drama film directed by Michael Curtiz. Based on the 1884 novel of the same name by Mark Twain, it was the third sound film version of the story and the second filmed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was the first adaptation of Huckleberry Finn to be filmed in CinemaScope and Technicolor. It stars Eddie Hodges as Huck and former boxer Archie Moore as the runaway slave Jim. Tony Randall also appeared in the film (and received top billing), and Buster Keaton had a bit role in what proved to be his final film for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, his former studio. Neville Brand portrayed Pap Finn, Huck's alcoholic father.

Some scenes in the film were shot on the Sacramento River, which doubled for the Mississippi River.

Plot summary[]

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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.^[4]

Cast[]

Archie Moore and Eddie Hodges on set

Eddie Hodges as Huckleberry Finn
Archie Moore as Jim
Tony Randall as The King of France
Patty McCormack as Joanna Wilkes
Neville Brand as Pap Finn
Mickey Shaughnessy as The Duke
Judy Canova as Sheriff's Wife
Andy Devine as Mr. Carmody
Sherry Jackson as Mary Jane Wilkes
Buster Keaton as Lion Tamer
Finlay Currie as Capt. Sellers
Josephine Hutchinson as Widow Douglas
Parley Baer as Grangeford Man
John Carradine as Slave Catcher
Royal Dano as Sheriff of Harlan
Dean Stanton as Slave Catcher
Dolores Hawkins as Riverboat Singer

Box office[]

According to MGM records the film earned $1,950,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $800,000 elsewhere, resulting in a net loss of $99,000.^[2]

Comic book adaptiaton[]

Dell Four Color #1114 (July 1960)^[5]^[6]

References[]

^ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at the American Film Institute Catalog
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
^ US and Canada figures see – "Rental Potentials of 1960", Variety, 4 January 1961 p 47.
^ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) – Articles. TCM.com. Retrieved on 2017-08-23.
^ "Dell Four Color #1114". Grand Comics Database.
^ Dell Four Color #1114 at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

External links[]

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at IMDb
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at AllMovie
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at the TCM Movie Database

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