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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T

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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:9

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.6/10

Runtime: 89 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Ten-year-old Bart Collins just wants to play baseball and be with his dog. Instead, he is forced to take piano lessons from Dr. Terwilliker. The rebellious youngster winds up dreaming about a... Ten-year-old Bart Collins just wants to play baseball and be with his dog. Instead, he is forced to take piano lessons from Dr. Terwilliker. The rebellious youngster winds up dreaming about a nightmarish world in which his teacher holds 500 little boys prisoner. In his creepy castle, "Dr. T" makes the kids learn to play the piano against their will. When Bart's widowed mother is hypnotized and then kidnapped by the madman, the boy springs into action. With the aid of a plumber named Zabladowski, Bart sets out to rescue his mom. This entertaining fantasy is filled with imagination and delightful music. [More]

Starring: Tommy Rettig, Hans Conried, Mary Healy, Peter Lind Hayes

Starring: Tommy Rettig, Hans Conried, Mary Healy, Peter Lind Hayes

Director: Roy Rowland

Director: Roy Rowland
Composer: Frederick Hollander
Screenwriter: Allan Scott
Story: Theodor Geisel

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The rebelliousness that turns out to be good, old-fashioned anti-intellectualism feels less in line with the good Doctor's Whoville than with producer Stanley Kramer's Hackville

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Fernando F. Croce
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It's as imaginatively framed as Alice in Wonderland.

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10/15/08
Dennis Schwartz
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Inexplicably, this marvelous musical fantasy flopped at the box office.

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One day I may understand all the fuss over this.

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Marjorie Baumgarten
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All this film really needs is one raised finger...

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I recommend it to people of all ages IF they can be young at heart.

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