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Quick Info

Rating

7.1/10

Release1962

Runtime2h 31m

StatusReleased

Budget$4,240,000

Revenue$15,000,000

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Movie

The Music Man

1962

2h 31m

7.1

Comedy

Family

Music

Romance

Synopsis

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.

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