Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn investigate a suspicious graveyard murder and more in this musical version of Mark Twain's novel.Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn investigate a suspicious graveyard murder and more in this musical version of Mark Twain's novel.Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn investigate a suspicious graveyard murder and more in this musical version of Mark Twain's novel.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 5 nominations total
- Joe Jefferson
- (as Kevin Jefferson)
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- TriviaThe 'Julia Belle Swain' is a steam-powered stern wheeler operating out of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA as of 2015. Designed and built in 1971 by Capt. Dennis Trone, the 'Julia Belle' was the last boat built by Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works of Dubuque, Iowa. The boat's steam engines were built in 1915 by the Gillett and Eaton Company and originally installed on the central wheel ferryboat City of Baton Rouge. The engines have logged well over a million miles. The steamer was featured prominently in this movie (as the "River Queen") and in its sequel Huckleberry Finn (1974).
- GoofsInjun Joe leaps out of the courtroom window and lands on the ground. When he gets up and starts to run, the covering used to hide whatever soft surface he landed on flips up for a second.
- Quotes
Becky Thatcher: It's so nice being engaged.
Tom Sawyer: Why, sure. When me and Amy Lawrence was engaged, we used to go...
Becky Thatcher: Oh, Tom! So, I'm not the first one you've been engaged to. Philanderer!
Tom Sawyer: What?
Becky Thatcher: Well, that's what you are.
Tom Sawyer: Yeah, but what does it mean?
Becky Thatcher: I'm not sure. But, even if I did know I wouldn't tell you!
[Becky Thatcher began to walking away from him]
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Boys (2009)
I was 12 at the time, same age as Johnny Whitaker when he played Tom, and I remember going to watch the filming of several scenes -- especially the "picnic scene". It was also interesting to see what was done to the town to prepare for the making of the film. The main street, which is paved asphalt, was covered with several inches of dirt. The concrete sidewalks were converted to boardwalk sidewalks, which still exist today! It was fun to watch the film in the theater, because many of the extras in the film were local townspeople, neighbors, and friends. You watched to pick out the scenes where you would recognize people you know.
There is a special celebration in Arrow Rock this year for the July 4th festivities, celebrating the 35 years since the filming of Tom Sawyer (1972). Johnny Whitaker and Jeff East are returning to Arrow Rock to participate in the festivities... and I will be returning to partake also! If you're ever driving across Missouri on I-70, I invite you to take a slight detour on Hiway 41 North (just about 130 miles west of St. Louis) and visit the little historic town of Arrow Rock.... where for two months in 1972, Hollywood came to visit!
- k_scherer
- Jul 3, 2007
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- A Musical Adaptation of Mark Twain's 'Tom Sawyer'
- Filming locations
- Meramac Caverns, Stanton, Missouri, USA(cave scenes)
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- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1