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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn   1985         TV, 105 min. Genre: Family / Adventure Director: Peter H. Hunt   Cast: Patrick Day, Samm-Art Williams, Frederic Forrest, Lillian Gish, Barnard Hughes, Richard Kiley, Geraldine Page, Sada Thompson, Butterfly McQueen, Jim Dale, Ann Shropshire, Eugene Oakes, Jason Hankins, Bill Chamness, Hula Duke   This enjoyable remake of the Mark Twain classic is an American Playhouse production. Patrick Day and Samm-Art Williams give fine performances as Huck and the runaway slave Jim. Huck escapes from his brutal, alcoholic father Pap (Frederic Forrest) who had kidnapped him from the Widow Douglas' (Sada Thompson) home. As a means of escape, he joins Jim for the rafting trip down the Mississippi River, and they form a lasting bond. Along the way, they meet con-artists "the King (Barnard Hughes) and the Duke (Jim Dale) and reluctantly are drawn into their schemes. Cast Patrick Day Huck Samm-Art Williams Jim Frederic Forrest Pap Finn Lillian Gish Mrs. Loftus Barnard Hughes The King Richard Kiley Colonel Grangerford Geraldine Page Sally Phelps Sada Thompson Widow Douglas Butterfly McQueen Blind Negress Jim Dale The Duke Ann Shropshire Miss Watson Eugene Oakes Tom Sawyer Jason Hankins Billy Bill Chamness Judge Hula Duke Aunt Polly