The Adventures of Mark Twain

The Adventures of Mark Twain

The Life Story of the Creator of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn - His keen pen wove a fabric of wit into the lives of Americans !

1944 · 130 min · ★ 7.0 · Adventure, Drama

A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain.

Directed by Irving Rapper · Written by Alan Le May

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