The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

"The Wonder Musical of the Future!"

Jul 1 1953 G 1h 29m
Family, Fantasy, Music

Young Bart Collins lives with his widowed mother Heloise. The major blight on Bart's existence is the hated piano lessons he is forced to endure under the tutelage of the autocratic Dr. Terwilliker. Bart feels that his mother has fallen under Terwilliker's sinister influence, and gripes to visiting plumber August Zabladowski, without much result. While grimly hammering away at his lessons, Bart dozes off and enters a fantastical musical dream.

Plot

The bane of young Bart Collins' existence is the piano lessons he's forced to take under the tutelage of Dr. Terwilliker, the only person he detests because of his dictatorial nature. Bart feels that Dr. Terwilliker has undue influence on his widowed mother Heloise. Bart constantly daydreams of a place--the Terwilliker Institute--at which the evil madman is its overlord. The mad doctor's built a piano so immense that it needs 500 children to play it.

Written by

Dr. Seuss, Allan Scott

Directed by

Roy Rowland

Cast

Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Stanley Kramer Productions

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total

Trailers
5000 Fingers Of Dr. T, The (Dr. Seuss) - Trailer (1953)
Featurettes
Joe Dante on THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T.
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