The Music Man
“The story of that man and his 76 trombones, and the wonderful, wonderful tune he played on every heart in town!”
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.
Genres
Comedy, Family, Music, Romance
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Music Man performed
Budget
$4.2M
Worldwide Gross
$15.0M
Gross Profit
$10.8M
Return
3.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Harold Hill
Robert Preston
Harold Hill
Marian Paroo
Shirley Jones
Marian Paroo
Marcellus Washburn
Buddy Hackett
Marcellus Washburn
Winthrop Paroo
Ron Howard
Winthrop Paroo
Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn
Hermione Gingold
Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn
Mayor George Shinn
Paul Ford
Mayor George Shinn
Mrs. Paroo
Pert Kelton
Mrs. Paroo
Tommy Djilas
Timmy Everett
Tommy Djilas
Zaneeta Shinn
Susan Luckey
Zaneeta Shinn
Ethel
Peggy Mondo
Ethel
Charlie Cowell
Harry Hickox
Charlie Cowell
Avis Grubb
Jesslyn Fax
Avis Grubb
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