It's the classic Mark Twain story starring Mickey Rooney as Huckleberry Finn. Huck often skips school to fish down on the Mississippi river. He has the knack of telling tales. With reason, he decides to run away and fake his own death. The unintended consequence is that slave Jim gets accused of his murder. Together they aim to escape upriver. They encounter con-men Duke and King along the way.
Mickey Rooney is a little too old to play Huckleberry Finn. He does his Mickey Rooney best and it would work if it's a few years earlier. He needs to be believably innocent. He's almost twenty and the pretense is showing through the cracks. The ending gets reworked with some awkward notes. I can see why it was done but the awkwardness remains. All in all, this is very much a Hollywood creation and that's not unexpected. Mickey's age is still a problem.
Mickey Rooney is a little too old to play Huckleberry Finn. He does his Mickey Rooney best and it would work if it's a few years earlier. He needs to be believably innocent. He's almost twenty and the pretense is showing through the cracks. The ending gets reworked with some awkward notes. I can see why it was done but the awkwardness remains. All in all, this is very much a Hollywood creation and that's not unexpected. Mickey's age is still a problem.