Directed by:
Morton DaCostaScreenplay:
Marion HargroveCinematography:
Robert BurksCast:
Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold, Paul Ford, Pert Kelton, Susan Luckey, Ron Howard, Max Showalter, Mary Wickes, Natalie Masters (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
Professor Harold Hill, a travelling salesman, makes his living by duping small towns into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' marching band. Hill sells parents on the idea by promising to teach the boys how to play, but as soon as they hand over their money, he skips out. His latest stop is River City, Iowa, where he soon has the locals up in arms over the threat to public morals posed by the neighborhood pool hall; how better to save their sons' souls than by creating a boys' band? Only one thing stands between Hill and success: the town's pretty but skeptical librarian, who threatens to expose his schemes -- if she doesn't declare her love for him first. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Robert Preston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268082_01ed2d.jpg)
Robert Preston
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Victor/Victoria (1982)
Beau Geste (1939)
![Shirley Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/384/164384738_632c0b.jpg)
Shirley Jones
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Bedtime Story (1964)
Gideon (1998)
![Buddy Hackett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/499/499979_ff23c7.jpg)
Buddy Hackett
USA
Best movies:
The Little Mermaid (1989)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Paulie (1998)
![Hermione Gingold](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/063/138/63138157_266df4.jpg)
Hermione Gingold
UK
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
A Little Night Music (1977)
![Paul Ford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/407/158407048_64a037.gif)
Paul Ford
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Advise and Consent (1962)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
![Pert Kelton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/935/159935018_c5f4a5.jpg)
Pert Kelton
USA
Best movies:
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Annie Oakley (1935)
The Music Man (1962)
![Susan Luckey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172588_a6e5fd.jpg)
Susan Luckey
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
The Music Man (1962)
![Ron Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269633_ad24f0.jpg)
Ron Howard
USA
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
American Graffiti (1973)
The Shootist (1976)
![Max Showalter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/087/189/87189950_1792eb.jpg)
Max Showalter
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Dangerous Crossing (1953)
Racing with the Moon (1984)
![Mary Wickes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276808_295139.jpg)
Mary Wickes
USA
Best movies:
The Proud Rebel (1958)
Little Women (1994)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Natalie Masters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/374/159374630_584914.jpg)
Natalie Masters
USA
Best movies:
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Best Man (1964)
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
![Rance Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247473_d9e9ca.jpg)
Rance Howard
USA
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Cinderella Man (2005)
![Hank Worden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426743_331e64.gif)
Hank Worden
USA
Best movies:
Stagecoach (1939)
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
![Percy Helton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/506/161506946_6bee45.jpg)
Percy Helton
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
John Breen
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
![Milton Parsons](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/556/159556182_4dd248.jpg)
Milton Parsons
USA
Best movies:
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
Edison, the Man (1940)
White Heat (1949)
![William Fawcett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619273_80343a.jpg)
William Fawcett
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Robert Robinson
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
![Leon Alton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/927/159927642_3867f4.jpg)
Leon Alton
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Cap Somers
USA
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)