Cast & Crew

Directed by

Norman Taurog

Writing Credits

Mark Twain
(the beloved classic by)
John V.A. Weaver
(screenplay)
Marshall Neilan
(contributor to treatment) (uncredited)

Cast

Tommy Kelly
Tom Sawyer
May Robson
Aunt Polly
Walter Brennan
Muff Potter
Victor Jory
Injun Joe
David Holt
Sid Sawyer
Jackie Moran
Huckleberry Finn
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Thatcher
Olin Howland
Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster
Donald Meek
Mr. Walters- Sunday School Superintendent
Charles Richman
Judge Thatcher
Victor Kilian
Sheriff
Marcia Mae Jones
Mary Sawyer
Mickey Rentschler
Joe Harper
Cora Sue Collins
Amy Lawrence
Philip Hurlic
Little Jim
Ann Gillis
Becky Thatcher
Margaret Hamilton
Mrs. Harper
Eric Alden
Assistant Defense Attorney
Erville Alderson
District Attorney
Donnie Allen
Schoolboy
Bobbie Allert
Schoolgirl
Byron Armstrong
Willy Fisher
Joanne Arnold
Schoolgirl
Arthur Aylesworth
Defense Attorney
Buddy Bange
Abner
Frank Bellan
Schoolboy
Georgie Billings
Benjamin Rogers
Tom Braunger
Schoolboy
Louis Brenn
Schoolboy
Tommy Bupp
Schoolboy
George Bush
Man
Jackie Butler
Schoolboy
Spring Byington
Widow Douglas
Connie Cezon
Schoolgirl
Hugh Chapman
Schoolboy
Reba Churchill
Schoolgirl
Dolly Conlin
Schoolgirl
Luke Cosgrave
Old Soldier
Joy Cowden
Schoolgirl
Patsy Currier
Schoolgirl
Frank Darien
Storekeeper
Dix Davis
Schoolboy
Tim Davis
Schoolboy
Shirley Doble
Schoolgirl
Dee Dodd
Schoolboy
Roland Drew
Dr. Robinson
Frank Elmquist
Schoolboy
Charles Flickinger
Schoolgirl
Betsy Gay
Susie Harper
June Renee Gertler
Schoolgirl
Kenneth Grant
Schoolboy
Audrey Halligan
Schoolgirl
Sally Harper
Schoolgirl
Louis Herbers
Schoolboy
Phyllis Holt
Schoolgirl
Junior Hughes
Schoolboy
Ronald Hughson
Schoolboy
Malcolm Hutton
Schoolgirl
Hollis Jewell
Schoolboy
Cammilla Johnson
Little Girl
Seessel Anne Johnson
Little Girl
Sharon Keller
Schoolgirl
Margaret Kerry
Schoolgirl
Evelyn Kurt
Schoolgirl
Leonard Lawrence
Schoolboy
Edward LeSaint
Coroner at Trial
Faith Lieberson
Schoolgirl
Fern Lieberson
Schoolgirl
Frances Lieberson
Schoolgirl
Jack Lindquist
Schoolboy
Buddy Londelius
(uncredited)
Joan Lott
Schoolgirl
Herbert MacGregor
Schoolboy
Marilyn Marlin
Schoolgirl
Lon McCallister
Schoolboy
Leona McDowell
Schoolgirl
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Minister
Robert McKenzie
River Authority
Vivian McLean
Schoolgirl
Elaine Merk
Schoolgirl
Dickie Meyers
Schoolboy
Jackie Cagney Miller
Schoolgirl
Bobby Misrach
Schoolboy
Evelyn Misrach
Schoolgirl
Bruce Mitchell
Deputy
Jack Morris
Schoolboy
Betty Ann Muir
Schoolgirl
June Muir
Schoolgirl
Bob Murphy
Bailiff
Harry Myers
Irate Churchgoer
Jeanette Noeson
Schoolgirl
Frank O'Connor
Mr. Harper
June Parkes
Schoolgirl
Mary Elizabeth Perkins
Schoolgirl
Jean Porter
Pauline - Schoolgirl
Marjorie Prax
Schoolgirl
Spencer Quinn
Schoolboy
Bobby Scott
Schoolboy
Billy Shearer
Schoolboy
Arnold Statz
Schoolboy
Donn Stokes
Schoolboy
A.W. Sweatt
Schoolboy
Charles Unger
Schoolboy
Dan Wolheim
Deputy
Jimmy Zahner
Boy

Produced by

David O. Selznick
producer

Music by

Max Steiner
(uncredited)

Cinematography by

James Wong Howe
(photography)

Editing by

Margaret Clancey
film editor

Art Direction by

Lyle R. Wheeler
(as Lyle Wheeler)

Costume Design by

Walter Plunkett
(costumes)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Eric Stacey
assistant director
George Cukor
director: retakes (uncredited)
Jack Roberts
assistant director (uncredited)
William A. Wellman
director: retakes (uncredited)

Art Department

William Cameron Menzies
designer: cave sequence
Casey Roberts
interior decoration
Arden Cripe
props (uncredited)
Dorothea Holt
illustrator (uncredited)
Ernst Litter
poster artist : West Germany (1954) (uncredited)

Sound Department

William R. Fox
recorder (as William Fox)

Special Effects by

Jack Cosgrove
special effects

Visual Effects by

Chris Crowell
digital compositor (restored version) (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Wilfrid M. Cline
associate photography
Roy Clark
assistant camera (uncredited)
Ben M. Cohen
assistant camera (uncredited)
Neil McDonald
chief electrician (uncredited)
Charles Rose
chief grip (uncredited)
William Wallace
still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Eugene Joseff
costume jeweller (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Natalie Kalmus
color supervisor: Technicolor
Hal C. Kern
supervising film editor

Music Department

Louis Forbes
music director (as Lou Forbes)
William Axt
composer: stock music (uncredited)
R.H. Bassett
composer: stock music (uncredited)
Peter Brunelli
composer: stock music (uncredited)
David Buttolph
composer: stock music (uncredited)
Louis Kaufman
musician: violin (uncredited)
Bernhard Kaun
orchestrator (uncredited)
Samuel Kaylin
composer: stock music (uncredited)
William Kernell
composer: stock music (uncredited)
Arthur Lange
composer: stock music (uncredited)
Alfred Newman
composer: stock music (uncredited)
George Parrish
orchestrator (uncredited)
David Snell
composer: stock music (uncredited)
George Steiner
composer: stock music (uncredited)
Herbert Stothart
composer: stock music (uncredited)
J.S. Zamecnik
composer: stock music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Barbara Keon
continuity

Additional Crew

William H. Wright
assistant to the producer
Claribel Bressel
double: Ann Gillis (uncredited)
Lillian K. Deighton
researcher (uncredited)
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