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The Music Man (1962)
Director: Morton Da Costa
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Overlong but generally faithful and entertaining screen version of Meredith Willson's Broadway hit, with Preston in fine form as the con-man whose bogus music professor enlivens a small Iowa town by convincing the inhabitants they need a uniformed brass band, with himself on expenses. Zestily performed and choreographed, beautifully shot by Robert Burks, full of standards like '76 Trombones' and 'Till There Was You', and endowed with a warming nostalgia for old-fashioned ways.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Morton Da Costa
Producer: Morton Da Costa
Cast: Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold, Pert Kelton, Paul Ford, Timmy Everett, Susan Lucky, Ron Howard, Harry Hickox full cast
Genre(s): Musicals
Duration: 151 mins
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