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Overview

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7.3/10   524 votes
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Director:
Norman Taurog
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Writers:
Mark Twain (novel)
John V.A. Weaver (screenplay)
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Release Date:
11 February 1938 (USA) more
Genre:
Family | Adventure more
Tagline:
Everybody knows him! Everybody loves him! He's everybody's favorite boy! Mark Twain's most beloved story more
Plot:
Misadventures of a mischievous boy in 1850 Missouri. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination more
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Definitive Version more

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Additional Details

Runtime:
Spain:77 min | USA:91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Finland:K-12 (1951) | Finland:S (1938) | USA:Approved (certificate #3745)

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Trivia:
Spring Byington (Widow Douglas) in studio records/casting call lists, but did not appear or was not identifiable in the movie. more
Movie Connections:
Remade as Tom Sawyer (1973) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
If I Ever See more

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6 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Definitive Version, 4 September 2000
8/10
Author: RodReels-2 from United States

Even after all these years, this David O. Selznick version of the Mark Twain classic holds up better than most. The humor with Sidney is stretched to the limits, but all of the novel's high points are included. And most impressive is the camerawork of James Wong Howe, especially in those latter cave sequences.

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