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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
The Music Man (1962) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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. Harold is no musician, however, and plans to skip town without giving any music lessons.
- Meredith Willson, Franklin Lacey, Abba Bogin
- 1983
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 · 2 hr 32 min. G. Musicals · Comedy · Romance · Kids & Family. After convincing Iowa townsfolk to invest in a boys' marching band, a traveling con man's scheme is complicated by his feelings for a local librarian.
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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