Original subtitles

- [Tom] Ha ha!

(playful instrumental music)

♫ Now listen here, folks

♫ My name is Tom Sawyer

♫ I don't wanna be no doctor or no lawyer

♫ Fishin' by the river that's the only place to be

♫ And I wanna be free sittin' under a tree

♫ That's me

Ha ha!

♫ These are the stories of Tom Sawyer

♫ Me and Huck Finn just playin' by the river

♫ Chasin' that steamboat

♫ Teacher let me be

♫ And I wanna be free sittin' under a tree

♫ That's me, ha ha

(midtempo instrumental music)

It was one of those kind of mornings

you hear tell about in story books.

The sun was shining, the flowers were smiling,

and the birds were singing like canaries.

Anyway, it was exactly the kind of morning

that Aunt Polly always ruined by giving out chores.

I figured if I weren't there to get none,

I'd be a whole lot better off.

- Tom, come down here!

You got work to do, boy.

These stairs need moppin' up, so see to it right away.

I know you can hear me, get down here!

Tom!

If you make me come up after you, you'll regret it, boy!

All right, have it your own way.

When I get hold of you,

I'm gonna jerk a knot in your tail.

Tom?

Hm?

(Tom groans)

Tom!

If you think you're going out without doing your chores,

you're gravely mistaken!

I ain't doing your chores again today.

(Tom giggles)

- Ooh, shh!

Quiet!

(cat wails)

- Hmm, he's run off again.

It's a wonder any work gets done at all around this place.

What ever am I gonna do with him?

- [Tom] Aunt Polly never stayed mad a me for long.

Besides, I reckon there'd be plenty of days

for doing chores.

This just weren't one of 'em.

I was feelin' too full of myself this morning.

(Tom yells)

(man grumbles)

- You.

(man screams)

Get outta here and don't come back!

(playful instrumental music)

- I sure wish somebody'd catch him.

Good morning, Sheriff Collins,

what brings you out so early today?

- Got chores that need doing.

- I already finished all my chores.

- You must've been up pretty early, then.

Maybe I should put you to work lookin' for Injun Joe.

- I take it you ain't found him.

- No.

Not yet, but people like Injun Joe

always slip up somewheres along the way.

- Folks are sayin' he'd be a fool to stay around here.

- They're scared of him.

Even if they knew where he was, they wouldn't say.

Can't say as I blame 'em, though,

he's a pretty dangerous man.

- I guess so.

- Those criminals always act the same.

After they commit a crime, they disappear for a spell,

but always return to the scene eventually.

If you see him, don't you do nothin',

just come and get me, you hear?

- I sure will.

(midtempo instrumental music)

Hey Huck, it's me!

Are you home?

- [Huck] Yeah, I'm here.

Go ahead and climb up.

- What happened to your house, Huck?

It's all torn up.

- When we got back from Arkansas, I found it like this.

Looks like it's only gonna be good to live in

during the summer.

I don't know, but it sure as shootin'

must've been in an awfully strong storm.

- You reckon we oughta try and fix it?

- I suppose we could, but I'd rather have me a house

with solid walls on it.

(boat horn toots)

- I got it!

- Got what?

- I know a place where you can live,

it'll be perfect for you.

- What place, where?

- The haunted house, that's where.

- I ain't livin' there!

- What's wrong, you said you wanted to live in a place

with solid walls.

- It's too far to go out there.

- You ain't superstitious just 'cause they say it's haunted.

- I ain't superstitious,

just don't like to take chances, that's all.

- Huck Finn, if I didn't know you better,

I'd say you didn't wanna live there

because you're a 'fraidy cat.

- I sure ain't a-feared of some old empty house.

- Well, let's go look it over.

- I got some important things to do around here.

- Come on, get up.

- Huh?

- We're going to the haunted house!

- Go on if you want.

- All right, you don't have to go if you don't want to,

but I'm gonna tell everyone in town you're a coward.

They'll say there goes Huck Finn,

they boy who's too chicken to go with Tom

into the haunted house.

- Tom, you wouldn't do that.

- Oh, you bet I would.

- Well, okay, I'll go, but just to look.

- That's better.

You'll see, this will be fun,

and we'll be back in no time.

Come on, get up. (Huck groans)

- No, Tom, I don't wanna go, I am scared, let me go!

- [Tom] It took some doing, but I finally convinced Huck

that if he went along, I'd protect him with my life.

Ain't friendship a wonderful thing?

- [Huck] That there's the tree

where Doc Robinson got killed.

- [Tom] It's pretty scary around here, ain't it?

- Mm-hm.

We don't have to go on.

- Yes we do.

Come on.

Ah!

(owl hoots)

- Tom are you all right?

Get up!

(Tom groans)

You okay?

- No I ain't.

- Let's go on home.

- Hush up, we aint' goin' back.

What did I trip on, anyway?

- This pick ax.

Sure is heavy.

(eerie music)

(Tom and Huck groan)

- See, it ain't too bad.

It needs some cleaning up.

It'll be nice.

- I'm not doing no cleaning up 'cause I'm not staying.

- Well, at least you can just look.

- No!

- Come on, Huck.

- Uh-uh.

- What's the matter with you?

This ain't 'cause you're still scared, is it?

- Mm-hm.

- [Tom] Come on.

- Mm, no.

- You can stay out here if you want to,

but I can't protect you if you do.

- Yikes, I ain't stayin' out here all alone!

Wait a second!

- I reckon we're the first living souls

that ever came exploring out here.

- Yep, 'cause we're the only two fools to think of it.

- Okay, who's gonna go in first?

- Just to show you I ain't a-feared, there.

- Well, go on, what are you waiting for?

- Tom, how about you go in?

- What are you afraid of?

(floors creak)

- [Huck] You see anything?

- Ah, get off! (Huck groans)

- Hey come on, Tom, let's get out of here!

- Spiders! (groans)

- Huh, a spider ain't nothing to be scared of.

- [Tom] I hate spiders.

- Why, Tom?

Little itty bitty spiders never done nothin' to no one.

He's a quiet little critter.

- Spiders don't bother me, it's the webs I don't like.

Yuck.

- Wow, this is a good place.

I never lived anywhere with a fireplace before.

Ah!

- (groans) Watch where you're goin'.

- It weren't my fault.

How was I supposed to know that old board

was gonna break through when I stepped on it?

- You know, I bet this house ain't a bit haunted,

it's just fallin' apart, that's all.

- Well, it ain't good enough to live in,

so why don't we go exploring upstairs

and see if there's any treasures left behind by pirates?

- Yeah, a house this old's bound to have something.

(suspenseful electronic music)

Leave the pick here, it's just extra weight.

- Okay, Tom.

- Try and step on exactly the same boards that I do

so you won't fall through again

by hittin' another rotten one.

Okay, Huck?

- All right, Tom.

(floor creaks)

Huh?

Tom, look at what I found.

- What is it, oh, you mean that closet?

- Yeah, let's investigate it, Huck.

- [Huck] You reckon there's anything in there?

- [Tom] Well, there's only one way to find out.

(door squeaks)

- See anything?

(bats squeak) (boys yell)

(Tom groans)

(bat screeches)

- Huh?

(Tom and Huck groan)

- Let's get out of here!

- I agree, let's go downstairs.

(Tom and Huck groan)

we could look for treasure down there.

- Uh-huh.

- [Man] I thought we'd never get here.

- Uh-oh.

- (groans) Get down!

- Ah, boy.

(suspenseful music)

Ah, boy oh boy.

How long you reckon we'll be here, Joe?

- Hm, not very long.

We're only here to pick something up, that's all.

- You know, you took a awful big risk

goin' into Saint Pete in broad daylight like that.

Someone might've recognized you and got the sheriff.

(Tom and Huck gasp)

- Yeah, it was a risk all right,

but it was one I had to take.

(chuckles)

- Injun Joe!

- Ah, no!

- You'd have gotten away if that kid hadn't testified.

- [Joe] When I find him, he'll get the same as the doctor.

(Tom and Huck groan)

- Get me out of here!

- Huck, Huck!

Shh! (Huck groans)

Huck, no!

- He was a fool to open his mouth,

but he'll get what's coming to him.

Now why don't you go outside

just in case anybody followed us here.

I'll get my money, and we'll settle up.

- Right.

- [Joe] Anybody's out there, you know what to do.

- Mm-hm.

I'll take care of 'em.

- Heh.

- Tom, no, no!

Tom, let go of my leg.

- Look, Huck!

It was obvious that Huck and me

had stumbled upon Injun Joe's hideout.

I was dyin' to know what he had buried in that fireplace,

but there weren't nothing for us to do

except lay low and hope we weren't found out.

- Uh-huh. (chuckles)

(midtempo instrumental music)

That oughta be enough money for now.

- No point in my keeping watch.

Ain't nobody within miles of this place.

- I suppose you're right.

- Well well, lookie here.

Ain't that pretty, just look at that shine.

- Yeah, it is nice, ain't it?

Here's the money I owe you, and thanks for the help.

- Anytime at all, Joe.

It's a pleasure.

(chuckles)

Hey Joe, what you planning to do with your share?

- This is a good enough place to keep it

till I'm ready to come and get it before I leave the county.

- You really safe it's safe to leave all that money out here

without anyone to guard it?

- Why not, it'll be just fine

long as I got a good enough place to hide it.

- Hey, what's wrong with the place you had it before?

- Eh, not good enough.

The only reason I put it there in the first place

'cause I was in a big hurry.

Mm, I got an idea.

I'm gonna bury it in this pit.

No one'll think of lookin' for it there.

Yes, perfect.

- Use this pick ax.

It'll be a lot easier.

- [Joe] Good idea.

(Joe groans) (ax thuds)

- We'll wait till they go,

then we'll dig the money up.

- Then we'll tell the sheriff that Injun Joe's come back.

(Joe groans) (ax thuds)

- I wish he wouldn't bury it so deep.

- The money ain't gonna be there for long,

how come he wants to bury it that deep?

- Did you hear that?

I must've hit something.

- What is it, what's down there?

Sounded like metal to me.

Maybe you hit some buried treasure. (laughs)

(suspenseful music)

- Hm.

Take a look at this, Gil.

What do you think?

- It looks kinda like a railroad strong box to me.

- Yeah, I suppose it could be.

- You recall the St. Louis train heist a couple years ago?

- I was thinkin' the same thing.

As I recall, they never recovered a penny of that money.

Loosen up some of those big rocks on the other side.

Let's burrow it out of there.

(men groan)

Hold it steady while I break her open.

Steady.

(Joe groans)

(coins clink) Gold!

- Prettiest thing I've ever seen.

Must be at least 10,000 here.

- I don't know.

More like 20, you ask me.

- [Gil] Ooh-ee.

- And they're not from no train,

they're real old.

- Sure are.

Where do you think they could have come from, Joe?

- Pirates, maybe, who knows.

One thing I do know is

that whoever finds a treasure like this

gets to keep it, right?

- That's right, I reckon this money belongs to us now.

That means we're rich, filthy rich. (laughs)

(Indian Joe laughs)

- You don't figure anybody else

is lookin' for this money, do ya?

- Huh?

- How'd this pick get here?

I didn't bring it and I know you didn't either.

- Uh-oh. (Huck gasps)

- [Gil] Who knows how it got here.

Maybe it was left behind

by the folks that used to live here.

- No, it wasn't here before.

I would've remembered something like that,

and I guarantee, it wasn't here.

- You think someone else has been in here

searching for this here money?

- Ain't no doubt about it.

Could be they're watching us right now.

(Tom and Huck gasp)

I could've sworn I saw something move up there.

(Tom and Huck groan)

- I didn't see nothing,

it was probably just some old pack rat.

- Well, I know how to take care of pack rats.

(Tom and Huck moan nervously)

- You know, I think you're right, Joe.

There is somebody up there.

- Yeah.

- He's coming.

Let's get out of here.

(Tom and Huck groan)

(floor creaks)

(suspenseful music)

(Tom and Huck groan)

(door bangs)

(Joe clatters)

- Joe!

Hey!

Joe, you okay?

Joe!

(Tom and Huck moan nervously)

- Yeah, don't worry, I'm all right.

- I think it's time we got out of here, don't you?

- Yeah.

- Hurry, will you?

Packing up that gold's gonna take a while.

- Question is, where we gonna take it?

I can't just waltz into town with 20,000 in gold,

now can I?

- Yeah, you got a point there.

- I got real good place to hole up in the next county.

We'll have to keep it hidden until then.

- Maybe you better find someplace else to hide it.

- Yeah, we'll take it over to my cave.

It'll be safe there.

- But that'll take us through town.

- My disguise worked this morning, it'll work again.

Nobody expects to see me around here.

We'll just have to chance it.

- All right, but we better wait till dark.

- [Joe] You listen to me, Gil, we got the gold,

so let's get going.

There ain't no reason to wait 'round here

till someone else puts a claim to it.

- Ready when you are, Joe.

- Let's go.

(birds chatter)

- Tom, are you crazy?

Where you going, come back here!

- We gotta go after 'em, they got our treasure.

- Huh?

Tom, that's too dangerous.

- We won't try to take it away, Huck.

We'll just follow 'em.

(Tom groans)

- Tom!

(Tom groans)

- I can't walk, my legs got to sleep.

- Well, I guess I better follow 'em, I reckon.

- Well, hurry up then, they're gettin' away!

(Tom groans)

(Huck groans)

(Tom groans)

- Now. (groans)

(birds chatter)

I don't know, maybe they're still around.

- All I know is they said they were going back through town.

I'll go one way and you go the other.

- Okay, Tom, we'll meet up later.

- Right, back at your place!

(birds chatter)

(suspenseful music)

I searched everywhere I could think of

for the rest of the afternoon,

but there weren't no sign of Injun Joe no where.

I sure hoped Huck'd have more luck.

Hey Huck, it's me, are you home?

- Yeah, I'm here.

I didn't see him, how about you?

You have any luck the way you went?

- Mm-mm.

It's like he plum disappeared.

- [Huck] I guess there ain't nothing we can do about it now.

- To think we came that close.

- We could try again.

Maybe tomorrow we might find him.

- What's the use, he'll have it hid by then.

We'll never find it.

- That ain't like you, giving up.

- Hm?

I ain't giving up.

I just don't know where to look, that's all.

- Huh?

Yes you do, we know where to look.

He said he was gonna hide it in a cave somewhere.

Come on, how hard could it be?

- Which one, though?

There's a lot of caves around here.

- [Huck] It don't matter,

we'll search every one, that's all.

That way, we're bound to find the gold.

- Sure, but what if when we get there,

we find Injun Joe waiting for us?

- Then we'll get the sheriff, and he'll arrest Injun Joe,

simple as pie.

- Mm, I guess we really should go tell the sheriff anyway.

- Of course we should.

We'll let him find Joe and we'll keep all the gold.

- Hey, not bad, why not?

- If we could just pull this off, we'll be rich men.

- Hm.

(horse whinnies)

- [Sheriff] So Injun Joe has come back,

but he says he's leaving the country next week?

- That's what he said, sheriff.

I also heard him say that he walked straight through town

and nobody recognized him at all.

- Oh yeah?

How come nobody recognized him, Tom?

- Because he wearing a beard.

We didn't know it was him until he took it off.

- You gotta get him quick,

or else he'll be leaving the country, sheriff.

- Mm.

Well, all right, I'll look into it.

You say you saw him at the old haunted house, hm?

- That's where we saw him this morning,

maybe you can track him down from there, sheriff.

- And there was another man there with him,

and they went off with the gold, and then they--

- All right, that's enough.

Pat, get the horses ready.

We're gonna go out the old haunted house.

And if we don't find Injun Joe there,

we'll check out that cave you mentioned.

(midtempo instrumental music)

- [Tom] So far, so good.

The only thing we have to do now

is wait till the sheriff comes back with Injun Joe.

Wherever Injun Joe's hiding out,

that's where the gold is bound to be.

And me and Huck are determined to find it.

(playful instrumental music)

♫ These are the stories of Tom Sawyer

♫ Me and Huck Finn just playin' by the river

♫ Chasin' that steamboat teacher let me be

♫ And I wanna be free sittin' under a tree

♫ That's me, haha