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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 19, 1953

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Family, Fantasy, Music

User Score

62%

Original Title

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

Production Companies

Stanley Kramer Productions

Director

Roy Rowland

Description

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.