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  1. Oct 25, 2023 · Pudd'nhead Wilson 1984. Alan Bridges (Director), Ken Howard (Actor), Lise Hilboldt (Actor) This movie is an adaptation of Mark Twain's novel of the same name about mistaken identity, in...

    • 86 min
    • 1696
    • James B. Wrightsman
  2. An adaptation of Mark Twain's novel of mistaken identity, in which a slave woman cradle-switches her own light-skinned son with her master's white son. The ruse is uncovered by Pudd'nhead Wilson, the local lawyer.

  3. Plot. The setting is the fictional frontier town of Dawson's Landing on the banks of the Mississippi River in the first half of the 19th century. David Wilson, a young lawyer, moves to town, and a clever remark of his is misunderstood, which causes locals to brand him a "pudd'nhead" (nitwit).

    • Mark Twain
    • 1894
  4. Pudd'nhead Wilson is a lost 1916 American comedy silent film directed by Frank Reicher and written by Margaret Turnbull. The film stars Theodore Roberts, Alan Hale, Sr., Thomas Meighan, Florence Dagmar, Jane Wolfe and Ernest Joy. The film was released on January 31, 1916, by Paramount Pictures.

  5. Pudd'nhead Wilson. Mark Twain's lawyer sleuth (Ken Howard) ties a murder to a long-ago switching of a slave's (Lise Hilboldt) baby with that of her mistress.

    • Mystery & Thriller
    • Ken Howard
    • Alan Bridges
  6. Pudd'nhead Wilson: Directed by Frank Reicher. With Theodore Roberts, Alan Hale, Thomas Meighan, Florence Dagmar. A slave switches her light-skinned baby with her master's baby. The child grows up raised by whites.

  7. Pudd'nhead Wilson. 1984. 1 hr 30 mins. NR. Watchlist. Ken Howard plays the lawyer in Mark Twain's tale of false identity, racial prejudice and murder. Roxana: Lise Hilboldt. Tom: Steven...