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"The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T" quotes

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T poster
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
Writer: Dr. Seuss, Allan Scott
Production: N/A
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

40 video clips

Elevator OperatorDr. TerwillikerSgt. LunkStroogo
First floor dungeon - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:46 First floor dungeon How much are you being paid overtime - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 01:08 How much are you being paid overtime I'm sure you'll find this a most fascinating dungeon - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 01:53 I'm sure you'll find this a most fascinating... You have no right - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:39 You have no right Rhythm still off - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 02:33 Rhythm still off We should even believe their lies - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:28 We should even believe their lies All playing together on my piano - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 01:11 All playing together on my piano Ping pong balls - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:50 Ping pong balls I've heard rumors about your operation - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 01:41 I've heard rumors about your operation Why are you standing there with that null and void expression on your face - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 02:33 Why are you standing there with that null and void... Am I glad to see you - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 01:26 Am I glad to see you Now I don't recollect your features - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:44 Now I don't recollect your features So you didn't believe me - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:33 So you didn't believe me I don't think the piano is my instrument - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:09 I don't think the piano is my instrument Is it Is it atomic Yes sir - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:09 Is it Is it atomic Yes sir How much are you being paid overtime - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:45 How much are you being paid overtime I'm sure you'll find this a most fascinating dungeon - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:33 I'm sure you'll find this a most fascinating... I want my lavender spats - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:06 I want my lavender spats That's still not loud enough still not fast enough - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:42 That's still not loud enough still not fast enough This is my day - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:58 This is my day Don't take these little things so seriously - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:49 Don't take these little things so seriously Children seldom have a choice of parents and that - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:13 Children seldom have a choice of parents and that I've heard rumors about your operation Rumors Scuttlebutt - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:56 I've heard rumors about your operation Rumors... I don't even like the sound of it - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:08 I don't even like the sound of it Get me a shot of that pickle juice - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:13 Get me a shot of that pickle juice Bartholomew Collins - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:18 Bartholomew Collins That's my problem - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:18 That's my problem Mrs Collins why are you standing there - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 01:10 Mrs Collins why are you standing there Jeepers am I glad to see you - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:27 Jeepers am I glad to see you Now I don't recollect your features do I No - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:42 Now I don't recollect your features do I No So you didn't believe me - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:10 So you didn't believe me When the plumber Zabladowski has installed the last sink - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:18 When the plumber Zabladowski has installed the last sink The work for the happy finger method must go on - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:07 The work for the happy finger method must go on The idiotic cockeyed flumdummery - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:05 The idiotic cockeyed flumdummery So I'll just go and take a look - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:13 So I'll just go and take a look But you're my only hope - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:06 But you're my only hope Boy I'd hate to have you for a father - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:15 Boy I'd hate to have you for a father Oh the walls are green with ivy down at Harvard - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T 00:43 Oh the walls are green with ivy down at Harvard

Cast

August Zabladowski - Peter Lind Hayes
Heloise Collins - Mary Healy
Dr. Terwilliker - Hans Conried
Bartholomew Collins - Tommy Rettig
Uncle Whitney - Jack Heasley
All Cast