The Music Man

About The Music Man

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.

Morton DaCosta's The Music Man is a 1962 comedy music film. At 151 minutes long, it arrived in June 1962.

Its themes are 1910s, con man, hustler, and iowa. The story is adapted from a stage production.

Robert Preston appears as Harold Hill, Shirley Jones as Marian Paroo, Buddy Hackett as Marcellus Washburn, and Ron Howard as Winthrop Paroo. The screenplay is by Marion Hargrove.

The Phantom of the Opera, The Color Purple, and The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall make useful companions to The Music Man, all filed under musical and based on play or musical. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 202 votes and it carries a G rating.