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Huckleberry Finn and His Friends
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German DVD cover; from left to right: Tom Sawyer (Sammy Snyders), Huck Finn (Ian Tracey)
Starring Ian Tracey
Sam Snyders
Blu Mankuma
Brigitte Horney
Country of origin British Columbia, Canada
No. of episodes 26
Production
Running time 25 minutes approx.
Release
Original release 1979

Huckleberry Finn and His Friends is a 1979 television series documenting the exploits of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, based on the novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) by American writer Mark Twain. The series is made up of 26 episodes and was a Canadian/West German international co-production.

Plot

Even though Mark Twain originally wrote the books The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as separate units, this series conjures up both literary works as only one story. Therefore, it places greater importance on Huckleberry's character without putting aside Tom Sawyer's.

Cast

  • Ian Tracey as Huckleberry Finn/Narrator
  • Sam Snyders as Tom Sawyer
  • Blu Mankuma as Jim
  • Brigitte Horney as Aunt Polly

Episodes

  1. Welcome Neighbour
  2. Love in Bloom
  3. Engagement
  4. Mystery at Midnight
  5. The Pirates
  6. How Nice to Be Missed
  7. Such a Lovely Funeral
  8. Muff Potter's Trial
  9. Buried Treasure
  10. Huck Is a Hero
  11. Millionaires
  12. I Want to Be Free
  13. Huck Becomes the Victim
  14. Huck Gets Away
  15. Huck Finds Jim
  16. The Rains Come
  17. Smallpox
  18. Meet the Grangerfords
  19. The Thing About Feuding
  20. The End of the Feud
  21. Meet the Duke And Dauphin
  22. Romeo Where Art Thou
  23. Jim Disappears
  24. Huck Sawyer - Tom Finn
  25. The Rescue
  26. The Whole Truth

Broadcast

The series was broadcast in many countries such as Germany, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Venezuela and many other Latin American nations.

In the United Kingdom, it was first screened on BBC1 in 1982 in two halves in the Spring and Autumn seasons. It was repeated again during the summer of 1984.

The series was re-shown many times during the 1980s to early 1990s and has grown somewhat of a cult following.

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