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The Music Man
Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' bandleader to raise money before he can skip town.
1962 · Directed by Morton DaCosta · 151 min · Comedy · Family · Music · Romance · 21 frames
Tagline
The story of that man and his 76 trombones, and the wonderful, wonderful tune he played on every heart in town!
Crew
- Screenplay: Marion Hargrove
- Cinematography: Robert Burks
- Edited by: William H. Ziegler
- Music: Meredith Willson
- Produced by: Morton DaCosta
Cast
- Robert Preston as Harold Hill
- Shirley Jones as Marian Paroo
- Buddy Hackett as Marcellus Washburn
- Ron Howard as Winthrop Paroo
- Hermione Gingold as Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn
- Paul Ford as Mayor George Shinn
- Pert Kelton as Mrs. Paroo
- Timmy Everett as Tommy Djilas
- Susan Luckey as Zaneeta Shinn
- Peggy Mondo as Ethel
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $4,240,000
- Box office: $15,000,000
- Themes: hustler, iowa, con man, piano lessons, musical, based on play or musical, marching band, parade, midwest, trombones
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