The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. 1953 123movies

Watch: The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. 1953 123movies, Full Movie Online – The bane of young Bart Collins’ existence is the piano lessons he’s forced to take under the tutelage of Dr. Terwilliker, the only person he detests because of his dictatorial nature. Bart feels that Dr. Terwilliker has undue influence on his widowed mother Heloise. Bart constantly daydreams of a place–the Terwilliker Institute–at which the evil madman is its overlord. The mad doctor’s built a piano so immense that it needs 500 children to play it..
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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Ratings:

	6.7/10 Votes: 4,176
	82% | RottenTomatoes
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	N/A Votes: 44 Popularity: 5.341 | TMDB

Reviews:

Sadly ignored surrealistic fantasy
Little Bartholomew Collins (Tommy Rettig) hates his piano teacher and having to play the piano. He falls asleep and slips into a fantasy world. Here he is ruled by Dr. Terwilliker (Hans Conried) who is a tyrannical piano teacher. He runs the Terwilliker Institute of Happy Fingers. Here 500 little boys will be forced to play the piano…for some reason. Bart tries to escape and with the help of plumber August Zabladowski (Paul Lind Hayes) tries to help his mom Heloise (Mary Healy) who is under Dr. T’s spell.

One of a kind fantasy. It was written by Dr. Suess himself and the actors talk like they came out of one of his books. The sets are incredible…they look EXACTLY like the drawings in Suess’ books. It’s shot in blazing color and most of the actors wear very interesting costumes. All the sets are larger than actor Rettig but it fits…this is a child’s view of a fantasy world where the adults are in charge. For whatever reason there are some musical numbers (and songs) shoved in. They’re intrusive and bring the story to a screeching halt…but they’re so inventive visually that they’re lots of fun. There’s a long musical number in a lower dungeon that’s a jaw dropper! The acting is as good as it can be. Rettig is good in his role but Healy and Hayes are pretty bad–but they’re given little to work with (especially Healy). Conried, on the other hand, REALLY chews the scenery and has a whale of a time playing the evil Dr. T. He’s WAY too over the top but he’s lots of fun.

This was a bomb when it was released and was trashed by critics. It’s easy to see why–this was WAY ahead of its time. Well worth catching. I think this is a perfect movie for adults AND children. This should be rediscovered. An 8 all the way.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 29 min (89 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated G
Genre Family, Fantasy, Music
Director Roy Rowland
Writer Dr. Seuss, Allan Scott
Actors Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Stereo (Western Electric Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1, 1.37 : 1
Camera Technicolor Three-Strip Camera
Laboratory Technicolor
Film Length (12 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Wonderama
Printed Film Format 35 mm