AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE: ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, PART 1 (TV)
Summary
Part one of four. One in this dramatic anthology series. In part one of this adaptation of Mark Twain's classic novel, Huck Finn is living with the Watson sisters when his alcoholic, abusive father, once thought dead, comes back to reclaim him. A judge decrees that the widow Watson will retain custody of Huck, but Pap Finn kidnaps him and leaves him locked in a remote log cabin. Huck finally manages to escape, and takes refuge on an island. At the same time, Jim, the Watson's slave, eavesdrops on the sisters' conversations and learns that he is to be sold to a new slave master. By coincidence, he escapes to the same island as Huck. Meanwhile, rumors spread that Jim has killed Huck and escaped to an unknown location. As this part ends, Jim finds Huck and a search party passes by looking for Jim. Continues with T:21283.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: February 10, 1986
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:41
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:21282
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; Literature - Adaptations
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1982-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Lindsay Law … Executive Producer
- William Perry … Executive Producer, Music by
- Roger Downey … Coordinating Producer
- Jane Iredale … Producer
- Peter H. Hunt … Director
- Guy Gallo … Writer
- Mark Twain … Adapted from the novel by
- Michael Small … Theme Music by
- William St. James … Announcer
- Anne Shropshire … Cast, Miss Watson
- Patrick Day … Cast, Huckleberry Finn
- Sada Thompson … Cast, Widow Douglas
- Eugene Oakes … Cast, Tom Sawyer
- Samm-Art Williams … Cast, Jim
- Frederic Forrest … Cast, Pap Finn
- Jason Hankins … Cast, Billy
- Richard Niehaus … Cast, Sheriff
- Bill Chamness … Cast, Judge
- David Watters … Cast, Reverend Sprague
- Harriett Cartmell … Cast, Mrs. Sprague
- Amy Shouse … Cast, Agnes
- Omer W. Johnson … Cast, Pete
- Robert Bowen … Cast, Clerk
- Lewis Hankins … Cast, Deputy
- Fay Washington … Cast, Servant
- Shag Adamson … Cast, Mr. Bradish
- Fay Thomas … Cast, Cook
- Allan Schmitt … Cast, Heber
- Hula Duke … Cast, Aunt Polly
- Lillian Gish … Cast, Mrs. Loftus
- Barry Moser … Cast, Hank
- Jeff Seibert … Cast, Slade
- Mark Parraut … Cast, Ned
- Ralph Pace … Cast, Bob
- Royce Clark … Cast, Arkansas
- Ivan Green … Cast, Davy
- David Gray … Cast, Scotty
- Ronnie French … Cast, John
- Richard Kiley … Cast, Colonel Grangerford
- Kelly Kalb … Cast, Bob Grangerford
- Shirley Toncray … Cast, Rachel Grangerford
- Jack Reidelberger … Cast, Buck Grangerford
- Michael Jones … Cast, Tom Grangerford
- Kimberly Skeens … Cast, Sophia Grangerford
- James McDaniel … Cast, Jack
- Michael Kalman … Cast, Minister
- Jim Dale … Cast, the Duke
- Barnard Hughes … Cast, the King
- Butterfly McQueen … Cast, Blind Negress
- Robert Stocker … Cast, Preacher
- Andy Duke … Cast, Stover
- Phil Weber … Cast, Buck Harkness
- Mark Vaughan … Cast, Horace
- Roberta Wooten … Cast, Hannah
- Geraldine Page … Cast, Sally Phelps
- Conrad McClaren … Cast, Silas Phelps