The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Genres - Action, Adventure, Language & Literature, Drama, Children's/Family, Comedy |
Sub-Genres - Family-Oriented Adventure |
Release Date - Jun 17, 1960 (USA) |
Run Time - 107 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - G
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
MGM's all-star 1960 filmization of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn surgically removes the sociological subtext of Mark Twain's novel in the interests of "entertainment for the whole family." The emphasis is on the adventuresome escapades of Huck (Eddie Hodges) and fugitive slave Jim (played by boxing champ Archie Moore), and on the comic elements inherent in the characters of the King (Tony Randall) and the Duke (Mickey Shaughnessy). In the manner of Around the World in 80 Days, every role is filled by a "name" actor: featured in the cast are Judy Canova, Andy Devine, Buster Keaton, Sterling Holloway, Finlay Currie, Josephine Hutchinson and John Carradine.
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culture [social culture], friendship, generation-gap, inheritance, kidnapping, lessons, on-the-road, orphan, reward, runaway [from home], slavery
