The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | |
Director: | Michael Curtiz |
Producer: | Samuel Goldwyn Jr. |
Screenplay: | James Lee |
Starring: | Eddie Hodges Archie Moore Tony Randall Neville Brand |
Music: | Jerome Moross |
Cinematography: | Ted D. McCord |
Editing: | Fredric Steinkamp |
Studio: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Formosa Productions, Inc. |
Distributor: | Loew's Inc. |
Runtime: | 107 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Budget: | $1,357,000 |
Gross: | $2,750,000[1] |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a 1960 American adventure 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.
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.