Lion-Hearted Huck
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| Lion-Hearted Huck | |
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 Huck confronts a lion on his way. | |
| Production number | E-33 |
| Premiere date | Week of October 6, 1958 |
| Run time | 6:58 |
| Starring | Daws Butler Don Messick |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin Geordie Hormel Jack Shaindlin Spencer Moore |
| Writer(s) | Charles Shows Dan Gordon |
| Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
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"Lion-Hearted Huck" is the second episode of Huckleberry Hound season one, and came as a segment of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired in the week of October 6, 1958 in first run syndication. It was written by Charles Shows and Dan Gordon, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Enterprises.
Huck, as a hunter, goes to Africa to hunt the king of beasts himself.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Characters
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Locations
Objects
- Huck's gun
Vehicles
- Huck's car
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, Geordie Hormel, Jack Shaindlin, and Spencer Moore.
Crew credits
- Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
- Animator: Kenneth Muse
- Layout artist: Bick Bickenbach
- Background artist: Montealegre
- Title artist: Art Goble
- Story sketch artists: Charles Shows, Dan Gordon
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: Week of October 6, 1958 in syndication
Behind the scenes
Errors
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
- February 9, 1987: The Video Collection releases Huckleberry Hound: Huckleberry Hound Meets Wee Willie on VHS.
- August 8, 1994: First Independent Films releases Huckleberry Hound: Sheriff Huckleberry on VHS.
- In the United States:
- November 15, 2005: Warner Home Video releases The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1 on DVD.
- June 6, 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1 (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
