
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1960)
From chicken thief to cabin boy, riverboat pilot to circus performer, Huck Finn outsmarts everyone on his way down the muddy Mississippi.


“HIS GREATEST TRIUMPH!”
Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River.

Mickey Rooney
Huckleberry Finn

Rex Ingram
Jim

Walter Connolly
The 'King'

William Frawley
The 'Duke'

Lynne Carver
Mary Jane

Jo Ann Sayers
Susan

Minor Watson
Capt. Brandy

Elisabeth Risdon
Widow Douglass

Victor Kilian
'Pap' Finn

Clara Blandick
Miss Watson
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a adventure, drama, family film released in 1939 exploring themes of based on novel or book, mississippi river, con man, raft, riverboat, escaped slave. Directed by Richard Thorpe, it stars Mickey Rooney, Rex Ingram, Walter Connolly. Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River.
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