The duo follow the Mississippi River to Cairo, Illinois, so Jim can escape to freedom without being arrested.

The town dig up the buried coffin where the money was put, and thus tar and feather The Duke and The King, and become an angry mob.

Jim sacrifices his chance to escape to freedom and carries Huck to the mob, allowing himself to be hanged.

Principal photography for The Adventures of Huck Finn took place from August 26 to October 23, 1992 in Natchez, Mississippi.

[1] The first day of filming was interrupted by the arrival of Hurricane Andrew which forced the shoot indoors at the Twin Oaks mansion.

Additional filming took place at the Rosalie Mansion, Santon Hall, Under the Hill Saloon, and the Natchez Garden Pilgrimage Club.

[1] Bill Conti's score to The Adventures of Huck Finn was released in 1993 by Varèse Sarabande.

[2] The Adventures of Huck Finn was a financial success, debuting at number two at the box office,[3] and grossing over $24 million.

[5] Noted critic Roger Ebert gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, writing "The story of Huck and Jim has been told in six or seven earlier movies, and now comes The Adventures of Huck Finn, a graceful and entertaining version by a young director named Stephen Sommers, who doesn't dwell on the film's humane message, but doesn't avoid it, either.