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Huckleberry Finn (Eddie Hodges) is growing up in the days when boys ran around barefoot and played outside all day long. He has a mean, drunk for a father and so he turns to a slave named Jim (Archie Moore) to be his friend and guide. Pap Finn (Neville Brand) finally beats Huck to the point that Huck runs away from home. Together he and Jim begin to coast down the Mississippi River on a homemade raft. Nothing has prepared Jim and Huck for the hair-raising adventures they will encounter. Jim hopes to forever avoid being sold because he has been so happy with his owners; while Huck is fleeing from an abusive home. Will the two be able to find a new life somewhere else or will circumstances send them back to where they least desire to be?
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