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Release year: 1960

Storyline

Mark Twain's 1851 story about two runaway friends, a fostered white boy and an escaped black slave, who sailed on a raft down the Mississippi River in search of freedom and adventure.

Top credits

Directors

Michael Curtiz

Writers

Cast

Tony Randall — The King of France
Eddie Hodges — Huckleberry Finn
Archie Moore — Jim
Patty McCormack — Joanna Wilkes

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Did you know

• The four songs included in the film were originally intended for an M-G-M Technicolor musical version of "Huckleberry Finn" which was supposed to have been filmed in 1952, but was never made. It was to have starred Dean Stockwell as Huck, William Warfield (fresh from his triumph as Joe in Show Boat (1951)) as Jim, and Gene Kelly and Danny Kaye as the two con men. The film was abandoned because Kelly wanted to take advantage of a tax deal that required that he work in Europe for eighteen months.

• The riverboat used in the first scene is the one which was especially built for MGM's 1951 Technicolor remake of Show Boat (1951). It was also used in the films Raintree County (1957) and Advance to the Rear (1964).

• Orville the lion's roar is instantly recognizable as that of Leo, the MGM lion.