| Tom Sawyer | |
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| Directed by | Don Taylor |
| Produced by | Arthur P. Jacobs Frank Capra, Jr. |
| Written by | Mark Twain (novel) Robert B. Sherman Richard M. Sherman |
| Starring | Johnny Whitaker Celeste Holm Warren Oates Jeff East Jodie Foster |
| Music by | Robert B. Sherman Richard M. Sherman |
| Cinematography | Frank Stanley |
| Editing by | Marion Rothman |
| Distributed by | United Artists Reader's Digest |
| Release date(s) | March 15, 1973 |
| Running time | 104 min. |
| Country |  |
| Language | English |
| Followed by | Huckleberry Finn |
| IMDb profile | |
Tom Sawyer was a popular 1973 theatrical version of the Mark Twain boyhood adventure story, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It starred Johnny Whitaker as Tom Sawyer, Jodie Foster as Becky Thatcher and Jeff East as Huckleberry Finn. Native American actor Kunu Hank whose birth name was Henry O' Brien took the role of Injun Joe. Eric Schweig popularized this vicious character in Tom and Huck (1995). The movie was produced by Reader's Digest. Along with the Twain story, the film was also a musical, with screenplay and songs by the "Sherman Brothers," aka Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman. Charlie Pride performed the opening tune "River Song". The film garnered some scandal as both boy actors appeared nude in the "Freebootin'" segment. This was shot in Missouri and Howes Cave, New York. Another similar film was released on television that same year. Huckleberry Finn was the follow-up film to it, that came out the next year.
Cast
- Johnny Whitaker as Tom Sawyer
- Celeste Holm as Aunt Polly
- Warren Oates as Muff Potter
- Jeff East as Huckleberry Finn
- Jodie Foster as Becky Thatcher
- Lucille Benson as Widder Douglas
- Henry Jones as Mr. Dobbins
- Noah Keen as Judge Thatcher
- Kunu Hank as Injun Joe
- Joshua Hill Lewis as Cousin Sidney
- Susan Joyce as Cousin Mary
- Richard Eastham as Doc Robinson
Songs
- "Tom Sawyer"
- "River Song"
- "How Come?"
- "Gratifaction"
- "If'n I Was God"
- "A Man's Gotta Be (What He's Born To Be)"
- "Hannibal, Mo(Zour-Ee)"
- "Freebootin'"
- "Aunt Polly's Soliloquy"
