Later, at
Muff Potter's murder trial, Tom decides to testify; Injun Joe flings a knife at him, and escapes.
Tom and his rapscallion friend Huckleberry Finn (Moran) go to the graveyard one night, and see Injun Joe (Jory) stab a man to death, then convince drunken
Muff Potter (Brennan) that he committed the murder instead.
That same year, he played major supporting roles in The Texans and The Buccaneer, and delighted younger audiences with his moving portrayal of
Muff Potter, the man wrongfully accused of murder in Norman Taurog's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.