Huckleberry Finn (1974 film)
1974 film by J. Lee Thompson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Huckleberry Finn is a 1974 musical film version of Mark Twain's 1884 novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Directed by | J. Lee Thompson |
Written by | Robert B. Sherman Richard M. Sherman |
Produced by | Arthur P. Jacobs |
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Cinematography | László Kovács |
Edited by | Michael F. Anderson |
Music by | Songs: Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman Score: Fred Werner |
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Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The movie was produced by Reader's Digest and Arthur P. Jacobs (known for his role in the production of the Planet of the Apes films) and directed by J. Lee Thompson. It stars Jeff East as Huckleberry Finn and Paul Winfield as Jim. The film contains original music and songs, such as "Freedom" and "Cairo, Illinois", by the Sherman Brothers: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.
This film followed the previous year's highly successful Tom Sawyer, based on Twain's 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, also produced and written by the same team and starring East in the role of Huckleberry Finn.