Huckleberry Finn (1974) on Netflix
G19741h 58mAdventureFamilyMusical
Huck, a boy in Missouri, is taken by his father, Pap, who demands a thousand dollars for his return. Huck escapes on a raft and is joined by Jim, a runaway slave.
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Plot summary
Huckleberry Finn is a boy in Missouri who lives in the home of a widow and her sister. His father, Pap, had been thought dead, but he turns up after hearing about treasure the boy came across, and he takes Huck away, asking a thousand dollars for the boy's return. Huck arranges his own death and slips off on a raft. A slave named Jim, also running from his master, joins him, and the two travel down the Mississippi, hoping Jim will gain his freedom.
Cast
- Kim O’Brienas Maryjane Wilks
- Jean Fayas Susan Wilks
- Ruby Leftwichas Miss Watson
- Odessa Clevelandas Jim’s wife
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Huckleberry Finn (1974)
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- Producer Arthur P. Jacobs died of a heart attack in Los Angeles just after filming on Huckleberry Finn began. Robert Blumofe was assigned to take over, and shooting resumed after a one-day break.
- Roberta Flack sang "Freedom" but insisted on a guitar backing, then threatened to sue if the cast album was released with a dominant orchestral backing; the album was recorded and printed but never released.
- Paul Winfield was arrested for possession of marijuana in his hotel room while shooting in Natchez. Director J. Lee Thompson called the local police treatment "abominable" and said he would never encourage a company to come to Natchez again.
- Paul Winfield agreed to play Jim only if the producer and director guaranteed there would be no "singing slaves", saying that Gone with the Wind had been one of the traumas of his life.
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