Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer is the 1973 American musical film adaptation of the Mark Twain novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and was directed by Don Taylor. The film was produced by Reader's Digest in collaboration with Arthur P. Jacobs, and its screenplay and songs were written by both Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman. During the 46th Academy Awards, the film received three nominations for Best Original Song Score, Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design, but failed to win any. Plot Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn play hooky from school and plan to revive a dead cat with the spirit of a man named Hoss Williams who is on his death bed. Sawyer and Finn talk with Muff Potter, the town drunk, but are interrupted when Injun Joe says that Doc Robinson wants to see them. Muff and Joe meet Robinson and he informs them that they have a job to dig up the grave of Williams. Meanwhile, Tom continues to skip school and comes up with fantastic stories about why he is not home for dinner. When Aunt Polly decides to reprimand him, Tom tricks the children of the town to do his punishment chores for him.