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The Music Man

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Oscar-winning musical comedy starring Robert Preston. A conman convinces some Iowan townsfolk they should start a band and that he is the man to provide instruments. He plans to pocket the money and disappear before the instruments arrive, but his scheme hits a snag. Review page 54. Director Morton Da Costa (1962, U)
Film Trivia: page 64
Then The Flying Gardener

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