Jane Connell as the Widow Douglas gives Jim Poulos' Huck Finn a few lessons in reading in one of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer's lighter moments. Based on the Mark Twain novel of the same name, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the often comic tale of a young boy growing up on the Mississippi as the end of slavery draws near. Joshus Park takes the title role. Grammy Award winner Don Schlitz ("The Gambler") wrote the score with a book by Ken Ludwig (Crazy for You).