The music is mediocre at best, and Johnnie Whitaker doesn't come anywhere near to suggesting Tom Sawyer. This one is fun just to see a ten-year-old Jodie Foster as Tom's girl Becky Thatcher and to hear Warren Oates and Celeste Holm attempt to sing. But for fans of the original novel, the 1938 Selznick version is still hard to beat.
Review of Tom Sawyer
