Huckleberry Finn

Name: Huckleberry Finn
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Released: 1974

J. Lee Thompson

coming of age freedom and escape friendship across social divides father-son relationships slavery and liberation

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Synopsis

Huckleberry Finn is a 15-year-old boy who has had a difficult relationship with his often violent father for a long time. When Dad tried to kidnap him, Huck decides to run away from home, and heads out of town on a raft. Huck is soon joined by Jim, a runaway slave who is no more eager to see his master than Huck is to see his father. As the two friends make their way down the Mississippi, they're