The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Page #5

Synopsis: Sentiment rules in this version of the Twain tale of boyhood in 1850 Missouri, reasonably faithful except for minor details and making the character Jim a boy instead of a man. Includes the whitewash episode, puppy love, the graveyard murder, the boys' running away to Jackson's Island, the salvation of Muff Potter, and the cave adventure.
Genre: Adventure, Family
Director(s): Norman Taurog
Production: United Artists
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.3
APPROVED
Year:
1938
91 min
1,338 Views


IT'S JUST LIKE

FAIRYLAND.

COME ON UNDER.

YOU WON'T GET WET.

THANK YOU.

WHAT IS IT?

CAKE, BUT IT'S

NOT TO EAT.

JUST WHAT I WANTED.

GIVE IT HERE,

TOM, PLEASE!

THOMAS, YOU GIVE ME

THAT CAKE!

I PROMISE I WON'T EA ANY OF IT, BECKY.

ALL RIGHT, THEN.

I'LL TRUST YOU.

IT'S SO STILL

IN HERE, TOM.

I DON'T HEAR

ANY OF THE OTHERS.

YES. WE BETTER

START BACK.

LOOK, BECKY.

IT'S JUST LIKE

A KING'S THRONE.

YES.

COME ON, TOM.

LET'S HURRY.

IT'S THIS WAY.

Woman:

COME ON, EVERYBODY!

TIME TO GO HOME!

Man:
HURRY UP,

CHILDREN!

COME ON.

COME ON, CHILDREN.

BATS! LOOK OUT, BECKY!

THEY'LL GET IN YOUR HAIR!

MISS JENKINS!

MR. SHERRELL!

OH, TOM,

THE KING'S THRONE AGAIN.

WE MUST HAVE:

GONE IN A CIRCLE.

TOM...

MAYBE THERE'S 2 OF 'EM.

NO, WE'RE LOST.

I AM SORT OF MIXED-UP.

OH, WHY DID WE EVER

LEAVE THE OTHERS?

DON'T BE SCARED.

I AIN'T SCARED.

NOTHING TO BE SCARED OF.

I'M NOT SCARED

WITH YOU ALONG.

SURE. I'LL GET YOU

OUT OF HERE.

WHY, I WASN'T SCARED

IN THE COURTROOM

WHEN INJUN JOE:

THREW HIS...

KNIFE AT ME.

I WOULD BE SCARED

WITH ANY OTHER BOY BUT YOU.

YEAH.

TOM!

WHAT WAS THAT?

THAT ROCK MOVED.

COME ON. DUCK UNDER.

I'LL HOLD IT.

OOH.

GOLLY.

MAYBE THEY'RE

HUNTING FOR US NOW.

SURE THEY ARE.

TAKE THIS.

MISS JENKINS!

MR. SHERRELL!

MISS JENKINS!

MR. SHERRELL!

AAH!

I'M NOT HURT, BECKY.

HOLD THE TORCH OVER.

WHAT ARE YOU SCARED OF?

OHH!

WE HAD A FINE TIME.

HA HA! HA HA!

HOW WAS IT?

WELL, WHERE'S TOM?

WHY, HE MUST BE

ON THE OTHER WAGON.

UH-HUH. TOM! YO, TOM!

NO, HE ISN'T HERE.

THAT'S STRANGE.

WONDER:

WHERE HE IS.

I WAS SURE HE WAS

IN THE OTHER WAGON.

WELL, WHO SAW HIM LAST?

I GUESS I DID.

HE WAS WITH BECKY THATCHER

IN THE CAVE.

WELL, THEN ASK BECKY.

BECKY!

BECKY!

BECKY!

SHE'S NOT HERE.

IS BECKY THATCHER

IN YOUR WAGON?

BECKY. BECKY.

NO. SHE'S NOT HERE.

THEY MUST BE TOGETHER

IN THE CAVE.

IN THE CAVE?

LOST IN THE CAVES.

Woman:
LOST IN THE CAVE.

Second woman:

LOST IN THE CAVES.

LOST IN THE CAVE.

COME ON.

I GOT A DRIVER.

Man:
MARK YOUR WAY AS YOU GO.

WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE

LOST IN HERE.

NOW SPLIT UP, MEN.

SOME OF YOU MEN:

SEARCH THE OTHER PASSAGES.

NO SIGN OF 'EM

DOWN THERE.

Muff:

NOTHIN' HERE, JUDGE.

Judge:
WELL, MUST'VE TURNED OFF

BEFORE THEY GOT THIS FAR.

COME ON.

HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.

LOOK.

THERE'S A HOLE BACK HERE

AND FOOTPRINTS.

FOOTPRINTS.

FOOTPRINTS.

COME ON!

LET'S HAVE A LOOK.

Muff:

THAT'S THERE, SURE.

I BEEN IN THIS CAVE

A HUNDRED TIMES,

BUT NEVER THIS FAR.

COME ON.

BECKY!

TOM!

BECKY!

BECKY!

TOM!

WAIT. I'LL

FIRE A SHOT.

SHH.

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

IT'S THEM!

THEY'RE COMIN'!

WE'RE ALL RIGHT NOW!

MISS JENKINS!

MR. SHERRELL!

MISS JENKINS!

MR. SHERRELL!

HERE WE ARE,

IN THIS CAVE!

OVER HERE.

WHAT'S THAT?

SHH!

MR. SHERRELL.

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

IT'S THEM.

HEY, JUDGE, LOOK.

MISS JENKINS!

MR. SHERRELL!

THEY MUST'VE

GONE THROUGH THERE.

COME ON.

LOOK OUT, JUDGE!

EHH!

YOU HURT, JUDGE?

TOM...

WE CAN'T GET THROUGH.

CAN WE?

WHAT ARE:

WE GONNA DO?

STHERE'S NOTHING

WE CAN DO. IT'S HOPELESS.

WE COULDN'T CLEAR THAT OU IN 6 MONTHS.

BECKY, YOU MUSTN'T.

PLEASE DON'T.

I CAN'T HELP IT.

IF ONLY I HAD:

MY MOTHER AND...

THY KINGDOM COME,

THY WILL BE DONE,

IN EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

THERE. AIN'T IT FUN

HAVIN' A FIRE?

YES, BUT...

TOM, I'M SO HUNGRY.

DID YOU FORGET THIS?

I SAVED IT FROM THE PICNIC

FOR US TO DREAM ON,

THE WAY GROWN-UP PEOPLE DO.

WELL, COULDN'T WE

MAKE A WISH ON IT?

WE COULD TRY.

I WISH...

I WISH IT WAS:

AS BIG AS A BARREL.

IT'S GOOD AND LONG.

IT'S MY KITE STRING.

YOU HOLD ON:

TO THIS END OF IT,

AND I'LL UNWIND I DOWN SOME OF THE TUNNELS.

OH, NO.

PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME.

I'VE GOT TO.

WE'VE GOTTA DO SOMETHING.

I'LL TAKE HALF OF THE CANDLE

AND LEAVE HALF FOR YOU.

NOW DON'T LET GO OF IT.

I WON'T.

WHY DON'T YOU SING, BECKY,

AND YOU WON'T BE LONESOME.

IF EVER I SEE:

ON BUSH OR...

TREE:

YOUNG BIRDS:

IN THEIR PRETTY NES I MUST NOT IN PLAY

STEAL:

THE YOUNG BIRDS AWAY

TO GRIEVE:

THEIR MOTHER'S BREAS IF EVER I SEE

ON BUSH OR TREE...

MY MOTHER, I KNOW

WOULD SORROW SO:

TOM!

TOM! TOM!

WOWIE!

TOM!

AAH!

IF INJUN...

IF HE GOT IN HERE,

THERE MUST BE SOME WAY OUT.

LET'S LOOK.

BECKY! BECKY!

BUT YOU GOTTA, BECKY!

BECKY!

THERE'S LIGHT! LOOK!

COME ON!

PLEASE, BECKY! PLEASE!

I'LL BE BACK, BECKY.

I'LL BE BACK FOR YOU!

BECKY,

IT'S GETTING BRIGHTER!

BECKY, CAN YOU HEAR ME?!

IT'S GETTING BRIGHTER!

BECKY, THERE'S LIGHT!

BECKY!

BECKY, I'M COMIN' FOR YOU.

AND THEN THIS HEROIC BOY

ACTUALLY WENT BACK

INTO THAT AWFUL DARKNESS

AND SOMEHOW, SOME WAY,

BROUGHT OUR BECKY

OUT TO SAFETY.

NO COMMONPLACE BOY

COULD HAVE DONE THAT,

NO BOY OTHER:

THAN THE NOBLE LAD

WHOM I NOW PRESEN TO YOU, TOM SAWYER.

WHERE'S TOM?

WHERE IS HE?

I SAW HIM LEAVE:

WITH MASSUH HUCKLEBERRY.

HERE THEY ARE!

I GOT 'EM!

HERE THEY ARE!

THEY'RE RICH!

TOM AND HUCK:

ARE RICH!

THEY FOUND:

MURRELL'S TREASURE.

EXCELLENT, BOYS.

YOU DID IT, SON.

TOM, YOU'RE A HERO.

DON'T FORGET,

WE'RE ENGAGED.

COME ON, FOLKS.

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE.

OH, SID.

AUNT POLLY!

WHY, TOM MIGHT EVEN

BE PRESIDENT SOMEDAY.

AUNT POLLY,

TOM WENT AND-

IF THEY DON' HANG HIM FIRST.

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