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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1939 3 stars

    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
aka: Huckleberry Finn

Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Rex Ingram, Walter Connolly, William Frawley, Lynne Carver, Jo Ann Sayers, Minor Watson, Elisabeth Risdon, Victor Kilian, Clara Blandick, Wade Boteler, Irving Bacon, Frank Darien, Roger Imhof, E. Alyn Warren

  This is a very good remake of the Mark Twain classic as the innocent boy, Huck (Mickey Rooney), and runaway slave Jim (Rex Ingram) meet adventures and become friends as they raft down the Mississippi River. During their trip, Huck and Jim run into con-men "the King" (Walter Connolly) and "the Duke" (William Frawley) who impersonate royalty as part of their swindling schemes. True to Twain's story.

Huckleberry Finn 1931 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jackie Coogan, Mitzi Green, Junior Durkin, Eugene Pallette, Jackie Searl, Clarence Muse, Clara Blandick, Jane Darwell, Oscar Apfel, Warner Richmond

  Huckleberry Finn and Jim raft down the Mississippi in this Mark Twain classic about life on the Mississippi River. The same starring cast (Jackie Coogan, Mitzi Green, Junior Durkin, and Clara Blandick) appeared the previous year in "Tom Sawyer."

Huckleberry Finn 1974 2 stars

    G, 118 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Jeff East, Paul Winfield, Harvey Korman, David Wayne, Arthur O'Connell, Gary Merrill, Natalie Trundy, Lucille Benson, Ruby Leftwich

  Mark Twain's story is hard to recognize in this musical version of the classic tale. East is Huck and Winfield is Jim and this film would be the last one to see if you want to see a Huck flick.

Huckleberry Finn 1975 3 stars

    TV, 78 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Robert Totten
Cast: Ron Howard, Antonio Fargas, Jack Elam, Merle Haggard, Donny Most, Royal Dano, Dee Carroll, Rance Howard, Clint Howard, Jean Howard

  This is a pretty good version of the Mark Twain classic tale. The Howard family plays many of the parts as Ron is Huck in this TV production. Fargas is the runaway slave Jim, as Huck and Jim raft down the Mississippi River. Most of the social bite of Twain's story is missing.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)

Huckleberry Finn (1931)

Norman Taurog

Oscar: Best Director for Skippy (1931)

Jane Darwell

Oscar: Best Supporting Actress for The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Huckleberry Finn (1974)

Huckleberry Finn (1975)

Ron Howard

Oscar: Best Director for A Beautiful Mind (2001)

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