The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)

6.2/10 89 min Family Fantasy Music

Overview

Young Bart Collins lives with his widowed mother Heloise. The major blight on Bart's existence is the hated piano lessons he is forced to endure under the tutelage of the autocratic Dr. Terwilliker. Bart feels that his mother has fallen under Terwilliker's sinister influence, and gripes to visiting plumber August Zabladowski, without much result. While grimly hammering away at his lessons, Bart dozes off and enters a fantastical musical dream.

Cast

Peter Lind Hayes

August Zabladowski

Mary Healy

Heloise Collins

Hans Conried

Dr. Terwilliker

Tommy Rettig

Bartholomew Collins

Noel Cravat

Sgt. Lunk

George Chakiris

Dancer

Henry Kulky

Stroogo (uncredited)

Kim Charney

Kim - Boy in Line (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

Guard / Doorman (uncredited)

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