Tom Sawyer, Detective (1939)
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Even geniuses have to eat, and when Mark Twain was offered a substantial sum of money to slap together a quickie sequel to his classic novel Tom Sawyer, he responded with the pulpish but entertaining Tom Sawyer, Detective. Billy Cook is sublimely cast as Tom, while Donald O'Connor steals the film in the more colorful role of Huckleberry Finn. When local deacon Uncle Silas (Porter Hall) is accused of murder, Tom and Huck endeavor to prove his innocence by solving the mystery themselves. Complicating matters is the fact that the "dead man" (William Haade) is seen roaming around very much alive. The film's highlight is a spooky episode in a mausoleum, with our intrepid heroes working overtime to convince each other that they ain't really scared. Janet Waldo, later one of the most versatile voiceover actresses in the business, plays Tom's puppy-love interest Ruth Phelps. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Billy Cook - Tom Sawyer
- Porter Hall - Uncle Silas
- Janet Waldo - Ruth Phelps
- William Haade - Jupiter Dunlap/Jake Dunlap
- Clem Bevans - Sheriff Slocum
- Howard Mitchell - Prosecutor
- Harry Worth - Dixon
- Si Jenks - Farmer Sikes
- Monte Blue - Sheriff Walker
- Etta McDaniel - Tulip
- Donald O'Connor - Huckleberry Finn
- Philip Warren - Jeff Rutledge
- Elizabeth Risdon - Aunt Sally
- Edward Pawley - Brace Dunlap
- Raymond Hatton - Judge Tyler
- Stanley Price - Clayton
- Clara Blandick - Aunt Polly
- Oscar Smith - Curfew
- Foy Van Dolsen - Alex Cooper
- Director(s):
- Louis King
- Writer(s):
- Robert Yost, Lewis R. Foster, Stuart Anthony
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