Dr. Seuss’ Nightmare: The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)
Indicator’s Blu-ray finally does justice to The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953), Dr. Seuss’ nightmarish musical plunge into childhood […]
Review: The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried, Tommy Rettig, Noel Cravat,
Peter Lind Hayes
Mary Healy
Hans Conried
Tommy Rettig
Noel Cravat
Plot: 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.
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