The read
Scores higher than 88% of the 466 1960s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 31m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic76/100
201 audience votes
Key crew
- Morton DaCostaDirector
- Marion HargroveScreenplay
- Meredith WillsonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robert PrestonHarold Hill
- Shirley JonesMarian Paroo
- Buddy HackettMarcellus Washburn
- Ron HowardWinthrop Paroo
- Hermione GingoldEulalie Mackechnie Shinn
- Paul FordMayor George Shinn
- Pert KeltonMrs. Paroo
- Timmy EverettTommy Djilas
- Susan LuckeyZaneeta Shinn
- Peggy MondoEthel
- Harry HickoxCharlie Cowell
- Jesslyn FaxAvis Grubb
Stills
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Themes
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