Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

• Director: Paul Krasny
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Mystery
• Movie Type: Whodunit
• Themes: Amateur Sleuths, Miscarriage of Justice
• Main Cast: Mitchell Anderson, Ned Beatty, Megan Follows, Raphael Sbarge, Paul Winfield
• Release Year: 1990
• Country: US
• Run Time: 92 minutes

Plot

First telecast October 21, 1990 on the Disney Channel cable service, Back to Hannibal: The Return of Huckleberry Finn is set 20 years after the Mark Twain novel. Tom Sawyer (Mitchell Anderson) is now a budding lawyer, while Huck Finn (Raphael Sbarge) is a reporter. They descend upon their old home town of Hannibal when their friend, ex-slave Jim Watson (Paul Winfield), is accused of murdering the husband of Tom's childhood sweetheart Becky Thatcher (Megan Follows). Roy Johansen's script even manages to haul in the King and the Duke (Joe Bova, Ned Beatty) from Huckleberry Finn. It's rather pointless, but it goes down easily enough. But, say: doesn't Back to Hannibal smell like a TV series pilot to you? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Mitchell Anderson - Tom Sawyer; Ned Beatty - The Duke of Bridgewater; Zachary Bennett - Marcus; Joseph Bova - The King of France; Megan Follows - Becky; Graham Jarvis - The Hannibal Procecutor; George Petrie - Judge Cochran; Whit Reichert - Bailiff #1; Raphael Sbarge - Huckleberry Finn; William Windom - Judge Thatcher; Paul Winfield - Jim Watson; Hank Woessner - Willie Dawes; Shea Farrell - Lyle Newman; Kenny Davis - Allie Karcher; Harry Gibbs - Chicago Judge; Holmes Osborne - The Dockhand; Timothy Graham - Steven Carswell

Credit

Paul Krasny - Director, Lee Holdridge - Composer (Music Score), James W. Roberson - Cinematographer, Hugh Benson - Producer