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The Music Man is a 1962 American musical film directed and produced by Morton DaCosta, based on Meredith Willson's 1957 Broadway musical of the same name, which DaCosta also directed. Robert Preston reprises the title role from the stage version, starring alongside Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold, Ronny Howard, and Paul Ford.
The Music Man: Directed by Morton DaCosta. With Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold. Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' band leader to raise money before he can skip town.
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- Comedy, Family, Musical
- Morton DaCosta
- 1962-06-19
Music Man, The (1962) -- (Original Trailer) A con artist hawks musical instruments to small towns in The Music Man (1962), based on the Broadway musical by Meredith Willson.
- Morton Dacosta, Russell Llewellyn
- Robert Preston
The Music Man (1962) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The Music Man is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments and uniforms to naïve Midwestern townsfolk, promising to train the members of the new band.
- Meredith Willson, Franklin Lacey, Abba Bogin
- 1983
River City's music teacher is spinster and town librarian Marian Paroo. He's able to impress all the other River Citizens with his fast-talking sales pitches, but not suspicious Marian, whose hard-as-nails exterior is unlike all the other River Citizens.
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Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. When Harold Hill, a traveling con man, arrives in River City, he convinces the locals to start a band by purchasing the uniforms and ...
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