The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960 film)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
	Film poster
Directed by	Michael Curtiz
Written by	Novel:; Mark Twain
Screenplay by	James Lee
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Starring	Eddie Hodges; Archie Moore; Tony Randall; Neville Brand
Cinematography	Ted D. McCord
Edited by	Fredric Steinkamp
Music by	Jerome Moross
Production; companies	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Formosa Productions, Inc.
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	August 3, 1960 (U.S.);
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,357,000
Box office	$2,750,000

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

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]