The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1938

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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In the 1850s, Tom Sawyer (Tommy Kelly), a troublemaking orphan, lives with his controlling Aunt Polly (May Robson) in the small town of St. Petersburg. Tom spends his days skipping school, charming adults and wandering along the Mississippi River with his best friends, Huckleberry Finn (Jackie Moran) and Becky Thatcher (Ann Gillis). But when Tom and Huck take an oath of silence after witnessing a murder, their innocent adventures become matters of life and death.
  • Genre:
    adventure
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Norman Taurog
  • Producer:
    David O. Selznick
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     original
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  • Production Co:
    Selznick International Pictures

Cast

Tommy Kelly
as Tom Sawyer
Jackie Moran
as Huckleberry Finn
May Robson
as Aunt Polly
Walter Brennan
as Muff Potter
Ann Gillis
as Becky Thatcher
Victor Jory
as Injun Joe
David Holt
as Sid Sawyer
Victor Kilian
as Sheriff
Nana Bryant
as Mrs. Thatcher
Olin Howland
as Schoolmaster
Donald Meek
as Superintendent
Charles Richman
as Judge Thatcher
Margaret Hamilton
as Mrs. Harper
Marcia Mae Jones
as Mary Sawyer
Mickey Rentschler
as Joe Harper
Cora Sue Collins
as Amy Lawrence
Philip Hurlic
as Jim
Clara Blandick
Spring Byington
as Widow Douglas
Harry Myers
as Churchgoer
Elizabeth Patterson
Elizabeth Risdon
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