A con man comes to a Midwestern town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan.
Cast: Pert Kelton, Robert Preston
Crew: Morton DaCosta (Director), Robert Burks (Director of Photography), Ray Heindorf (Music Director)
Genres: Comedy, Family, Musical
Release Dates: 19 Jun 1962 (India)
Did you know? In an episode of the TV series Happy Days (1974), Howard and Marion Cunningham are coming out of a movie theater; they pause in the lobby and look at the poster for "The Music Man". Marion comments how much the little boy in the movie (Winthrop) "looks so much like Richie did when he was little". Both Winthrop and Richie were played by Ron Howard. Read More
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as Mrs. Paroo
as Harold Hill
as Marcellus Washburn
as Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn
as Mayor George Shinn
as Winthrop Paroo
Supporting Actress
Direction
Director
Production
Producer
Camera and Electrical
Director of Photography
Music
Music Director
Editorial
Editor
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
English
Colour Info:
Black & White
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Trivia:
This film is based on the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name by Meredith Willson.
In an episode of the TV series Happy Days (1974), Howard and Marion Cunningham are coming out of a movie theater; they pause in the lobby and look at the poster for "The Music Man". Marion comments how much the little boy in the movie (Winthrop) "looks so much like Richie did when he was little". Both Winthrop and Richie were played by Ron Howard.
Meredith Willson earned more off The Beatles' version of his song "Till There Was You" than he did off the play and the movie combined.
In an episode of the TV series Happy Days (1974), Howard and Marion Cunningham are coming out of a movie theater; they pause in the lobby and look at the poster for "The Music Man". Marion comments how much the little boy in the movie (Winthrop) "looks so much like Richie did when he was little". Both Winthrop and Richie were played by Ron Howard.
Meredith Willson earned more off The Beatles' version of his song "Till There Was You" than he did off the play and the movie combined.
