Huckleberry Finn (1920)
Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures.
- Date of release
- 1920-02-29
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Director
- William Desmond Taylor
Casting
- Lewis Sargent — Huckleberry Finn
- Katherine Griffith — Widow Douglas
- Martha Mattox — Miss Watson
- Frank Lanning — Huck's Father
- Orral Humphrey — The Duke
- Tom Bates — The King
- Gordon Griffith — Tom Sawyer
- Edythe Chapman — Aunt Polly
- Thelma Salter — Becky Thatcher
- George H. Reed — Jim
- L.M. Wells — Judge Thatcher
- Harry L. Rattenberry — Uncle Harvey
Interesting facts
- Based on: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn is a surviving American silent dramatic rural film from 1920, based on Mark Twain's 1884 classic Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. William Desmond Taylor directed Huckleberry Finn, as he had the 1917 film version of Tom Sawyer, using a scenario written by Julia Crawford Ivers, who also had been the writer for Tom Sawyer.
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