Ann Gillis, Dick Hill, Jackie Moran, May Robson, Philip Hurlic ...( see more  see more... ) , Tommy Kelly , Walter Brennan

Sentiment rules in this version of the Twain tale of boyhood in 1850 Missouri, reasonably faithful except for minor details and making the character Jim a boy instead of a man. Includes the whitewash ...( read more  read more... )episode, puppy love, the graveyard murder, the boys' running away to Jackson's Island, the salvation of Muff Potter, and the cave adventure.

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Unrated, 73 min.

Directed by: Norman Taurog, George Cukor, H.C. Potter, William A. Wellman

Release Date: February 17, 1938

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DVD Release Date: April 29, 2008

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  • February 7, 2008
    Same story, different actors.
  • November 12, 2007
    okiezzzzzzzz..............

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