由马克吐温的作品改编的电影有七百多部，仅哈克芬就有五六个版本。这个1960年上映的版本来看。跟《汤姆索亚历险记》比起来，哈克芬明显背景浓厚的多。汤姆顶多需要对付一下唠叨的波利姨妈，翘课逃学离家出走追女孩，一个典型的叛逆期小孩；
而哈克则要受父亲打骂，带着一个逃跑的黑人奴隶跟几乎所有遇到的大人们斗智斗勇，要不是有点儿小聪明，早就小命呜呼了。那个时期美国奴隶解放运动的社会背景像是一块巨大的乌云随时笼罩着哈克的历险。
哈克在顺利帮助吉姆到达了已经废除奴隶制的州之后，又沿着密西西比河顺流而下了，去他的梦想之地，新奥尔良。也许，他会成为一个很出色的船长。

Four bloodthirsty demons stow away on a truck belonging to the owners of a carnival attraction and, after arriving at the fairgrounds, hole up inside the ride, which becomes a sensation after patrons believe the creatures are part of the show.

Kathy is a smart and tough 1950's advice columnist at a San Francisco newspaper, with her name plastered on billboards all over the city. One day, Bill Doyle, a Los Angeles detective, walks into her office - it is instant attraction. After marrying Bill, Kathy gives up her career and becomes a homemaker. However, she is not your typical 1950's homemaker. After hosting several cocktail parties in their San Fernando Valley home, she realizes that Bill is content with his position, and shows no ambition in furthering himself. Kathy will not sit idly by while everyone around her is "moving up in the world". She personally takes upon herself the task of pushing Bill's career along, even if it comes down to murder.@

A courageous young World War II gunner and aspiring cartoonist, trapped in the belly of a B-17 aircraft, has only his imagination as a force that might be able to save him.

Martin Ross is a district attorney with a fighting chance at his party's nomination for governor. But Martin's brother, Richard, wants him to have more than a fighting chance. So, as the other candidate takes a shower at his country club, Richard walks in with a gun and a silencer and walks out with one less bullet. The sheriff calls Martin and tells him the news of the murder. Later, he has a suspect: the victim's teenage caddy. But Martin already knows his brother is the real murderer. And Richard takes Martin's wife hostage to ensure than no one else finds out.

After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.

On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna's establishment is Johnny Guitar, a former gunslinger and her lover. When a heist is pulled in town that results in a man's death, Emma Small, Vienna's rival, rallies the townsfolk to take revenge on Vienna's saloon – even without proof of her wrongdoing.

When a local man's corpse appears on a nearby hillside, no one is quite sure what happened to him. Many of the town's residents secretly wonder if they are responsible, including the man's ex-wife, Jennifer, and Capt. Albert Wiles, a retired seaman who was hunting in the woods where the body was found. As the no-nonsense sheriff gets involved and local artist Sam Marlowe offers his help, the community slowly unravels the mystery.