The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

"Tom, you might even be President some day . . . if they don't hang you first!"

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Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.

Released: Feb 11, 1938

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Tommy Kelly

Tom Sawyer

May Robson

Aunt Polly

Walter Brennan

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