Huckleberry Finn

A Musical Adaptation of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn is the second Twain tale in the Reader’s Digest series to be made into a musical. It is a tale of a journey down the treacherous Mississippi River by a poor white mischievous adolescent, Huck Finn (Jeff East) and an older runaway African-American slave (Paul Winfield). Together they journey down the river in search of their own personal freedom. The two run into some amusing and frightening adventures and are introduced to eccentric characters along the way. The charming musical numbers give the film an uplifting energy. Unlike the previous Tom Sawyer release, there is no supplemental material to accompany the film. The Shermans again collaborate on the screenplay and songs, but J. Lee Thompson directs.