The Music Man (1962)

7.1/10 151 min Comedy Family Music Romance

Overview

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.

Cast

Robert Preston

Harold Hill

Shirley Jones

Marian Paroo

Buddy Hackett

Marcellus Washburn

Ron Howard

Winthrop Paroo

Hermione Gingold

Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn

Paul Ford

Mayor George Shinn

Pert Kelton

Mrs. Paroo

Timmy Everett

Tommy Djilas

Susan Luckey

Zaneeta Shinn

Harry Hickox

Charlie Cowell

Jesslyn Fax

Avis Grubb

Mary Wickes

Mrs. Squires

Charles Lane

Constable

William Fawcett

Lester Lonnergan

Barbara Pepper

Mrs. Hawkes

Max Showalter

Salesman On Train (uncredited)

Hank Worden

Undertaker

Sarah Seegar

Townswoman

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