For all its Mississippi locations, this version of the great Mark Twain novel — primal source of much American literature — doesn't sweep us along in the torrential way it should. Maybe Eddie Hodges, as the mischievous Huck, is too prim, or perhaps director Michael Curtiz cut too many of the book's grimmer aspects. It's still an enjoyable epic, however, with Tony Randall as a superbly roguish conman and lively cameos by Buster Keaton and Andy Devine. As the slave, former light heavyweight boxing world champion Archie Moore is a knockout. Well, one wouldn't dare say anything else!