The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960 film)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Film poster
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Produced by Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Written by Novel:
Mark Twain
Screenplay by James Lee
Starring Eddie Hodges
Archie Moore
Tony Randall
Neville Brand
Music by Jerome Moross
Cinematography Ted D. McCord
Edited by Fredric Steinkamp
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates
  • August 3, 1960 (1960-08-03) (U.S.)
Running time
 107 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $1,357,000[1]
Box office $2,750,000[1][2]

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a 1960 American film directed by Michael Curtiz. Based on the famous Mark Twain novel of the same name, it was the third sound film version of the story and the second filmed by MGM. The film was the first adaptation of Huckleberry Finn to be filmed in Cinemascope and Technicolor. It starred Eddie Hodges as Huck and former boxer Archie Moore as the runaway slave, Jim. Tony Randall also appeared in the film (and got top billing), and Buster Keaton had a bit role in what proved to be his final film for his old studio, MGM. Neville Brand portrayed Huck's alcoholic father, Pap Finn.

Some scenes in the film were shot on the Sacramento River, which doubled for the Mississippi River.

Plot summary

In the pre-Civil War South Huck escapes his brutal, criminal father by taking to the Mississippi River with a fugitive slave Jim. They have several adventures on their way to attempt to gain Jim's freedom.[3]

Cast

Box office

According to MGM records the film earned $1,950,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $800,000 elsewhere, resulting in a net loss of $99,000.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ↑ US and Canada figures see - "Rental Potentials of 1960", Variety, 4 January 1961 p 47.
  3. ↑ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/66668/The-Adventures-of-Huckleberry-Finn/articles.html

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