Huckleberry Finn and His Friends facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Huckleberry Finn and His Friends |
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German DVD cover; from left to right: Tom Sawyer (Sammy Snyders), Huck Finn (Ian Tracey)
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| Starring | Ian Tracey Sam Snyders Blu Mankuma Brigitte Horney |
| Country of origin | British Columbia, Canada |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Running time | 25 minutes approx. |
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| 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
- Welcome Neighbour
- Love in Bloom
- Engagement
- Mystery at Midnight
- The Pirates
- How Nice to Be Missed
- Such a Lovely Funeral
- Muff Potter's Trial
- Buried Treasure
- Huck Is a Hero
- Millionaires
- I Want to Be Free
- Huck Becomes the Victim
- Huck Gets Away
- Huck Finds Jim
- The Rains Come
- Smallpox
- Meet the Grangerfords
- The Thing About Feuding
- The End of the Feud
- Meet the Duke And Dauphin
- Romeo Where Art Thou
- Jim Disappears
- Huck Sawyer - Tom Finn
- The Rescue
- 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.
