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.
Directed by Morton DaCosta
hustler
iowa
con man
piano lessons
musical
based on play or musical
marching band
parade
midwest
trombones
traveling salesman
moral reformation
moral transformation
librarian
1910s
barbershop quartet
seducer
long con
woman falls in love
small town america
older sister younger brother
Rank
#21 in 1962·#3920 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.6 / 5
Where to Watch
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
Crew
Morton DaCosta
Director
Morton DaCosta
Producer
Dorothy Jeakins
Costume Design
Popular Reviews
122 reviews
jibrown
7.0★ · 03/13/26
Till There Was You is one of the greatest show tunes of all time and I will die on that hill
Till There Was You is one of the greatest show tunes of all time and I will die on that hill
Cara Stockham
5.0★ · 02/23/26
run little ginger boy run
run little ginger boy run
Shane
7.0★ · 02/18/26
Fym de Buffalo Bills spelen hierin, ik zie mijn pookiewookie josh Allen niet. Zelfs oj speelt hier niet in
Fym de Buffalo Bills spelen hierin, ik zie mijn pookiewookie josh Allen niet. Zelfs oj speelt hier niet in
Kalen
8.0★ · 02/15/26
Went the whole movie thinking the guy who sang Shipoopi was named Shipoopi until I looked at that cast and saw his bitch ass is named Marcellus
Also could barely see the movie bc they were playing it on a laptop on the other side of the room
I’m about to shipoopi my pants
Went the whole movie thinking the guy who sang Shipoopi was named Shipoopi until I looked at that cast and saw his bitch ass is named Marcellus
Also could barely see the movie bc they were playing it on a laptop on the other side of the room
