Synopsis

On their travels, Huck Finn and the slave Jim, fall in with two tramps engaged in taking in the different country towns through which they pass, by means of the missionary dodge, the temperance crusade, or under any pretext that offers to easily raise a dishonest dollar.

First Air Date: 1986-02-10

Last Air Date: 1986-03-03

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 4

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Top Cast

Patrick Day as Huckleberry Finn
Samm-Art Williams as Jim
Sada Thompson as Widow Douglas
Eugene Oakes as Tom Sawyer
Frederic Forrest as Pap Finn
Anne Shropshire as Miss Watson
Jim Dale as The Duke
Lillian Gish as Mrs Loftus
Richard Kiley as Col. Grangerford
Barnard Hughes as The King

Seasons

Miniseries (1986)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (1986-02-10)

Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River.
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (1986-02-17)

Huck and Jim find a raft and leave Jackson's Island, but during a foggy night they are clipped by a steamboat and separated.
Ep. 3: Episode 3 (1986-02-24)

After the raft accident Huck washes ashore at the Grangerfords' who are in a feud with the Shephardsons'. Huck and Jim both evade the shooting and reunite back at the raft where they encounter two swindlers who claim to be a duke and a king.
Ep. 4: Episode 4 (1986-03-03)

King and Duke pull their biggest scam but it causes trouble for Huck and Jim. An old friend from Petersburg arrives to help Huck and Jim through the trouble.