This Huckleberry Finn was well directed by Michael Curtiz and boasts a good cast , such as Tony Randall , Eddie Hodges , Archie Moore , Buster Keaton , Neville Brand , Finlay Currie and several others . Resulting to be an attractive and fun attempt at adapting an American favorite written by Mark Twain . An amusing retelling of the Mark Twain tale about the adventures encountered by Huckleberry Finn (Eddie Hodges) when escapes from the widow Douglas (Josephine Hutchinson) and along with the runaway slave (Archie Moore) wanted for reward , they travel down the muddy Mississipi river , as they take a risked raft . While working on life for his unsentimental education , as a deep friendship emerges and getting into all sorts of adventures and suffering hard times in pre-civil war . Along the way , they meet a peculiar duo of swindlers , two con actors nicknamed Duke (Mickey Shaughnessy) and King of France (Tony Randal) posing as two wealthy heirs of a deceased brother , then things begin to liven up . The most exciting adventures a boy ever had ! . Hilarious escapades, hair-raising adventures on the fabulous Mississippi!
This is a wonderful world of excitement with silly messes , emotion , hilarious scenes and amusement for the entire family . Top-notch cast makes this an entertaining version , giving splendid interpretations . Eddie Hodges provides a nice performance as the resourceful and cheeky artful dodger . Hodges and Archie Moore create a sensitive and charming couple , both of whom set out in search for freedom and adventure. They're well accompanied by a great support cast , such as : Neville Brand , Tony Randal, Patty McCormack , Mickey Shaughnessy , John Carradine, Judy Canova , Andy Devine , Sherry Jackson , Royal Dano , Stanley Holloway, Buster Keaton , Finlay Currie , Josephine Hutchinson and brief appearance by Harry Dean Stanton in one of his first roles . The movie packs an enjoyable and thrilling musical score by Jerome Moross . And a colorful and brilliant cinematography by Ted Moore . The motion picture was efficiently but unexceptionally directed by Michael Curtiz , and being inferior to subsequent 1993 rendition directed by Stephen Sommers and starred by Elijah Wood . Curtiz was a good writer , producer , director who has made a lot of successful films and various classics , such as : Robin Hood , Captain Blood , White Christmas , Yankee Doodle Dandy , Passage to Marseille , Jim Thorpe , Mildred Pierce , Sea Hawk and , of course, Casablanca.
This classic novel has got several renditions , such as : silent version 192o ; Adventures Huckleberry Finn 1939 by Richard Thorpe with Mickey Rooney , Rex Ingram , William Frawley , Walter Connolly ; Huckleberry Finn 1975 by Robert Totten with Ron Howard , Royal Dano , Antonio Fargas ; Huckleberry Finn 1975 by J Lee Thompson with Jeff East , Paul Winfield ; Huckleberry Finn 1978 by Jack Hively with Forrest Tucker , Larry Storch , Brock Peters ; Huckleberry Finn 1985 by Peter H Hunt with Sada Thompson , Lilian Gish , Barnard Hughes ; Huck and the king of hearts 1993 by Michael Keusch with Graham Greene , Leopardi , Dee Wallace Stone , Joe Piscopo ; The Adventures of Huck Finn 1993 by Stephen Sommers with Eljah Wood , Courtney B. Vance , Dana Ivey , Ron Perlman , Jason Robards , Robbie Coltrane and Adventures of Tom and Huck by Stephen Sommers with Joel Courtney and Jack Austin.
