"Huckleberry Finn" based on the "The adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain; "Proud rebel" based on the story by James Edward Grant. Huckleberry Finn: Ron Howard, Don Most, Royal Dano ; Proud rebel: Alan Ladd, Olivia de Havilland, Dean Jagger ; Walking thunder: James Read, David Tom, Christopher Neame.
Contents:
Huckleberry Finn (1975) / produced by Steve North ; written by Jean Holloway ; directed by Robert Totten -- The proud rebel (1958) / produced by Samuel Goldwyn Jr. ; written by Lillie Hayward, Joseph Petracca ; directed by Michael Curtiz -- Walking thunder (1997) / produced by Bryce Fillmore & Ray Termblay ; screenplay by Craig Clyde & James Hennessy ; directed by Craig Clyde.
Summary:
Story about a young boy and his travels with the escaped slave Jim down the Mississippi River; searching for a doctor to cure his mute son, a former Civil War soldier settles in a sheep-raising town to raise money for the operation; in the 1850's, a young boy and his family on their way West become stranded in the Rockies.
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