Huckleberry Finn

• Director: Robert J. Totten
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• Genre: Children's/Family
• Movie Type: Family-Oriented Adventure
• Themes: Race Relations, Mischievous Children, Runaways
• Main Cast: Royal Dano, Jack Elam, Antonio Fargas, Merle Haggard, Ron Howard
• Release Year: 1975
• Country: US
• Run Time: 74 minutes

Plot

It's still the same old story...but what a story. This umpteenth filmization of the classic Mark Twain novel stars Ron Howard as Huck and Donny Most as Tom Sawyer. After faking his own murder to escape his brutish Pap (played by Howard's real-life father Rance), Huck and fugitive slave Jim (Antonio Fargas) fashion a raft and head off down the Mississippi. The darker elements and sociological commentary of the Twain original are carefully excised from this version, the better to allow more time for the antics of those "royal" rapscallions, the King (Jack Elam) and the Duke (Merle Haggard). Mark Twain himself makes a guest appearance, in the person of Royal Dano. Filmed along the Sacramento River in California (a frequent movie "stand-in" for the Mississippi), Huckleberry Finn was first broadcast March 25, 1975. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

James Almanzar - Silas Phelps; Matthew "Stymie" Beard - Jeremiah; Woodrow Chambliss - Auctioneer; Royal Dano - Mark Twain; Frederic Downs - Ben Rucker; Jack Elam - King; Bill Erwin; Antonio Fargas - Jim; Shug Fisher - Old Doc; Frederic Forrest; Clint Howard - Arch; Jean Howard - Widow Douglas; Rance Howard - Pap Finn; Don Most; Sarah Selby - Aunt Polly; Merle Haggard - Duke; Ron Howard - Huckleberry Finn; Alex Nicol - Dr. Robinson; Dee Carroll - Aunt Sally

Credit

Peter M. Wooley - Art Director, Robert J. Totten - Director, Marsh Hendry - Editor, Diane Adler - Editor, Earl Robinson - Composer (Music Score), Steven North - Composer (Music Score), Andrew Jackson - Cinematographer, Steven North - Producer, Roy Clark - Singer, Jean Holloway - Screenwriter, Mark Twain - Book Author

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Huck and the King of Hearts; Huckleberry Finn