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Running time: 01:31:00.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; [Cast:] Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett.; PFA 1616-108-8562. D0108
"Professor" Harold Hill (Robert Preston) arrives in River City, Iowa, intrigued by the challenge of swindling the famously stubborn natives of Iowa. Masquerading as a traveling band instructor, Hill plans to con the citizens of River City into paying him to create a boys' marching band, including instruments, uniforms, and music instruction books. With help from his associate Marcellus Washburn (Buddy Hackett), Hill deliberately incites mass concern among the parents that their young boys are being seduced into a world of sin and vice by the new pool table in town. Meanwhile, Hill attempts to woo Marian
"Professor" Harold Hill (Robert Preston) arrives in River City, Iowa, intrigued by the challenge of swindling the famously stubborn natives of Iowa. Masquerading as a traveling band instructor, Hill plans to con the citizens of River City into paying him to create a boys' marching band, including instruments, uniforms, and music instruction books. With help from his associate Marcellus Washburn (Buddy Hackett), Hill deliberately incites mass concern among the parents that their young boys are being seduced into a world of sin and vice by the new pool table in town. Meanwhile, Hill attempts to woo Marian
Credits
- Da Costa, Morton.
- Preston, Robert, 1918-1987.
- Jones, Shirley, 1934 March 31-
- Hackett, Buddy, 1924-2003.
- Cast
- Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Ron Howard, Hermione Gingold, Paul Ford, Susan Luckey, Pert Kelton
Sources
- BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, credits
Record added 2026-09-14 13:43:43