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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

A young boy dreams that he is in an imaginary world where, assisted by his family's plumber, he must save other piano-playing kids like himself from the dungeons of his dictatorial piano teacher who also mind-controls his mother.

Director

Roy Rowland

Year

Genre

family, fantasy, music

Box Office

N/A

Production

Stanley Kramer Productions

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total

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August Zabladowski

Peter Lind Hayes

Heloise Collins

Dr. Terwilliker

Bartholomew Collins

Uncle Whitney

Uncle Judson

Sgt. Lunk

Dancer

George Chakiris

Elevator Operator

Playback vocalist for Tommy Rettig

Kim - Boy in Line

Dancer in Dungeon Ballet

Stroogo

Dancer in Dungeon Ballet

Guard

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Elevator Operator Dr. Terwilliker Sgt. Lunk Stroogo

What's going on around here - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

What's going on around here

Well, that's my problem. - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Well, that's my problem.

Is that as loud as you can play - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Is that as loud as you can play

Bart I hate to hound you - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Bart I hate to hound you

You certainly aren't helping me maintain discipline - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

You certainly aren't helping me maintain discipline

Maybe even if he never learns the piano maybe the discipline's good for him - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Maybe even if he never learns the piano maybe the...

Practice makes perfect. - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Practice makes perfect.

Rhythm still off - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Rhythm still off

"Happy fingers"? - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

"Happy fingers"?

Bartholomew Collins - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Bartholomew Collins

Mr Zabladowski! - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Mr Zabladowski!

Don't take these little things so seriously - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Don't take these little things so seriously

Why are you standing there with that null and void expression on your face - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Why are you standing there with that null and void...

Idiots The piano would be the last place he would hide - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Idiots The piano would be the last place he would hide

That boy might be anywhere. - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

That boy might be anywhere.

No, Sport! Sport, no!
Go away! Go on! - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

No, Sport! Sport, no! Go away! Go on!

Am I glad to see you - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Am I glad to see you

You're not going to help me - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

You're not going to help me

But you're my only hope - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

But you're my only hope

Boy I'd hate to have you for a father - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Boy I'd hate to have you for a father

Children seldom have a choice of parents and that - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Children seldom have a choice of parents and that

Get a load of that beautiful bass Weighs 7 pounds if it weighs an ounce - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Get a load of that beautiful bass Weighs 7 pounds if it...

Dream stuff dream stuff - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Dream stuff dream stuff

So I'll just go and take a look - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

So I'll just go and take a look

As soon as we get there, we'll rush in,
grab her and carry her away to safety. - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

As soon as we get there, we'll rush in, grab her and ca...

She doesn't look like a prisoner. - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

She doesn't look like a prisoner.

Say Dr Terwilliker - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Say Dr Terwilliker

Say, Dr Terwilliker... - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Say, Dr Terwilliker...

That's my problem - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

That's my problem

Whether you know it or not - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Whether you know it or not

I don't even like the sound of it - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

I don't even like the sound of it

You're a key man and a valuable ally - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

You're a key man and a valuable ally

I've heard rumors about your operation - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

I've heard rumors about your operation

Make yourself comfortable Relax - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Make yourself comfortable Relax

I don't think the piano is my instrument - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

I don't think the piano is my instrument

Come on it's time we got together - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Come on it's time we got together

That the weather's right for sporting - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

That the weather's right for sporting

When the plumber Zabladowski has installed the last sink - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

When the plumber Zabladowski has installed the last sink

Listen to a kid it gives you nothing but trouble - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Listen to a kid it gives you nothing but trouble

How much are you being paid overtime - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

How much are you being paid overtime

Now I don't recollect your features - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Now I don't recollect your features

You have no right - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

You have no right

STERN VOICE:
Attention, all guards! - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

STERN VOICE: Attention, all guards!

So you didn't believe me - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

So you didn't believe me

We should even believe their lies - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

We should even believe their lies

Do you Mr Zabladowski promise to be - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Do you Mr Zabladowski promise to be

BART:
Pssst! - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

-Thank you, dear August.
-Thank you, my dear... - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

-Thank you, dear August. -Thank you, my dear...

We can't get out. The twins
are at the end of the tunnel. - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

We can't get out. The twins are at the end of the tunne...

The twins huh I'm getting sick and tired of being pushed around - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

The twins huh I'm getting sick and tired of being...

Get me a shot of that pickle juice - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Get me a shot of that pickle juice

Here's to our future,
if we have one. - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Here's to our future, if we have one.

-August, you were magnificent!
-We're a magnificent family. - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

-August, you were magnificent! -We're a magnificent fam...

Oh the walls are green with ivy down at Harvard - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Oh the walls are green with ivy down at Harvard

The work for the happy finger method must go on - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

The work for the happy finger method must go on

Allow me to express
my deepest appreciation, pal. - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Allow me to express my deepest appreciation, pal.

First floor dungeon - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

First floor dungeon

I'm sure you'll find this a most fascinating dungeon - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

I'm sure you'll find this a most fascinating...

Ten little dancing maidens dancing oh so fine - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Ten little dancing maidens dancing oh so fine

Bubble gum,
ping-pong ball, jackknife... - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Bubble gum, ping-pong ball, jackknife...

Ping pong balls - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Ping pong balls

Testing, one, two, three, four. - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Testing, one, two, three, four.

Testing, one, two, three, four. - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Testing, one, two, three, four.

VOICE: Bring up the prisoner
Bartholomew Collins. - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

VOICE: Bring up the prisoner Bartholomew Collins.

It works! It works! - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

It works! It works!

-Name, please?
-Johnny Hall. - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

-Name, please? -Johnny Hall.

Attention! Attention everyone
in the Terwilliker Institute! - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Attention! Attention everyone in the Terwilliker Institute!

I want my lavender spats - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

I want my lavender spats

Boys, please,
may I have your attention? - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Boys, please, may I have your attention?

All playing together on my piano - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

All playing together on my piano

The idiotic cockeyed flumdummery - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

The idiotic cockeyed flumdummery

Is it Is it atomic Yes sir - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Is it Is it atomic Yes sir

Hey, kids!
Kids! - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Hey, kids! Kids!

Ready now! - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Hey, scram, everybody!
I think she's gonna blow! - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Hey, scram, everybody! I think she's gonna blow!

Sporty boy!
Hiya, Sport. - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T

Sporty boy! Hiya, Sport.

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A young boy dreams that he is in an imaginary world where, assisted by his family's plumber, he must save other piano-playing kids like himself from the dungeons of his dictatorial piano teacher who also mind-controls his mother.

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Director: Roy Rowland

Writer: Dr. Seuss, Allan Scott

Production: Stanley Kramer Productions

Genre: family, fantasy, music

Year: 1953

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 01 Jul 1953

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total

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