Episode Detail: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - American Playhouse
Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." The story begins in 1844 St. Petersburg, Mo., where 14-year-old Huck (Patrick Day), living with the Widow Douglas (Sada Thompson), receives a visit from his alcoholic father (Frederic Forrest)---who's returned after a year's absence. Miss Watson: Anne Shropshire. Jim: Samm-Art Williams. Tom Sawyer: Eugene Oakes.