The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960 film)

1960 film
  • August 3, 1960 (1960-08-03) (U.S.)
Running time
107 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$1,357,000[2]Box office$2,750,000[2][3]

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a 1960 American drama film directed by Michael Curtiz. Based on the 1884 novel of the same name by Mark Twain, it was the third sound film version of the story and the second filmed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was the first adaptation of Huckleberry Finn to be filmed in CinemaScope and Technicolor. It stars Eddie Hodges as Huck and former boxer Archie Moore as the runaway slave Jim. Tony Randall also appeared in the film (and received top billing), and Buster Keaton had a bit role in what proved to be his final film for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, his former studio. Neville Brand portrayed Pap Finn, Huck's alcoholic father.

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

Plot

Cast

Archie Moore and Eddie Hodges on set

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.[2]

Comic book adaptation

See also

References

  1. ^ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
  3. ^ US and Canada figures see – "Rental Potentials of 1960", Variety, 4 January 1961 p 47.
  4. ^ "Dell Four Color #1114". Grand Comics Database.
  5. ^ Dell Four Color #1114 at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

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