Tom Sawyer, Detective

Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938)

The further adventures of Twain's most beloved fictional characters of Tom Sawyer and his friend, Huckleberry Finn.

Date of release
1938-12-24
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 8m
Genres
Comedy, Mystery
Director
Louis King

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Tom Sawyer, Detective

Tom Sawyer, Detective is a 1938 American mystery comedy film directed by Louis King, written by Robert Yost, Lewis R. Foster and Stuart Anthony, and starring Billy Cook, Donald O'Connor, Porter Hall, Phil Warren, Janet Waldo, Elisabeth Risdon and William Haade. It was released on December 23, 1938, by Paramount Pictures.

Production

Paramount Pictures had announced plans to film Tom Sawyer, Detective in 1931, after the 1930 version of Tom Sawyer was a major box office success. Originally, Jackie Coogan and Junior Durkin were going to reprise their roles as Tom and Huck. Seven years later, Paramount announced Tommy Kelly and Jackie Moran, who had just completed The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, would play Tom and Huck in Paramount's Tom Sawyer, Detective.

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