FILM

The Music Man

Harold Hill poses as a boys' band leader to con naive Iowa townsfolk.

The Music Man
Released:
June 19, 1962

Cast:

Robert Preston
Shirley Jones
Buddy Hackett
Hermione Gingold
Paul Ford

Director:
Morton DaCosta

Producer:
Morton DaCosta

Written by:
Marion Hargrove

Distributor:
Warner Bros.

Box Office:
15 million

Awards:

Academy Award for Best Score (Ray Heindorf)
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture (Morton DaCosta)
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Costume (Dorothy Jeakins)
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Paul Groesse and George James Hopkins)
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Film Editing (William H. Ziegler)
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Sound (George Cloves)



Rotten Tomatoes Score:
94 percent