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Its the early 20th-century American Midwest. A con man going by the assumed name Harold Hill has used several different schemes to bilk the unsuspecting, and now travels from town to town pretending to be a professor of music - from the Gary (Indiana) Conservatory of Music, class of 05 - who solves all the respective towns youth problems by forming boys marching bands. He takes money from the townsfolk to buy instruments, music, instructional materials, and uniforms for their sons. However, in reality, he has no degree and knows nothing about music, and after all the materials arrive and are distributed, he absconds with all the money, never to be seen again. Many of the traveling salesmen in the territory have been negatively impacted by him, as the townsfolk then become suspicious of any stranger trying to sell them something. For Harolds scheme to work, he must gain the trust of the local music teacher, usually by wooing her, regardless of her appearance. And if the town doesnt believe it has a youth problem needing to be fixed, he will manufacture one for them. That is the case when he arrives in River City, Iowa, population 2,212, where he will have some unexpected help from Marcellus Washburn, a friend and former grifter colleague who now lives in River City and has gone straight, but he still wants to make sure Harold survives his stay in town. River Citys music teacher is spinster and town librarian Marian Paroo. Hes able to impress all the other River Citizens with his fast-talking sales pitches, but not suspicious Marian, whose hard-as-nails exterior is unlike all the other River Citizens. Her exterior is partly due to her somewhat removed standing in the town, as all the gossipy housewives believe she is a smut peddler - encouraging the teenagers to read authors such as Chaucer and Balzac - and mistakenly believe that she got her position as librarian through less-than-scrupulous means. What Harold does not know is that one way to Marian is through her young adolescent brother, Winthrop Paroo, a sullen boy who has withdrawn from life since their fathers death two years before, when he started to lisp. Harold starts to fall for Marian, something that never happened with any of the other music teachers. Further complications may ensue if any of those traveling salesmen who have been following his route through the territory catch up with and expose him.
When traveling con man Harold Hill arrives in River City, he convinces the locals to start a band by purchasing uniforms and instruments from him. He intends to flee as soon as he receives the money. Librarian Marian Paroo suspects that hes a fraud, but since her moody brother Winthrop is excited about the band, she keeps silent. As Harold develops feelings for Marian, he faces a difficult decision about skipping town.
Robert Preston
Harold Hill
Shirley Jones
Marian Paroo
Buddy Hackett
Marcellus Washburn
Hermione Gingold
Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn
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Mayor George Shinn
Pert Kelton
Mrs. Paroo
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Vern Reed
Jacey Squires
Ron Howard
Winthrop Paroo
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Ewart Dunlop
Bill Spangenberg
Olin Britt
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Oliver Hix
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Tommy Djilas
Susan Luckey
Zaneeta Shinn
Harry Hickox
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Charles Lane
Constable Locke
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Mrs. Squires
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