The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

Name: The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
Director: Roy Rowland
Released: 1953
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried, Tommy Rettig, Jack Heasley

1953 · 89 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 4,676 VOTES · DIR. Roy Rowland

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 879 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:03:12 No! No! Get away! Get away!

00:05:26 but you really are missing the beats.

00:07:55 I hardly think you qualify as an expert.

00:11:35 And put on your official Terwilliker beanie!

00:15:21 Your son will be picked up by bus at 5:00 a.m. sharp.

00:17:30 from the barbed wire on the south side! Good, good.

00:23:05 - Hmm, congratulations. - He's even worse than you are.

00:25:38 â™ª Grasp that world â™ª

00:28:39 As soon as we get there, we'll both rush in.

00:32:25 I'm a loathsome... racketeer.

00:34:37 â™ª Come on, it's time we got together â™ª

00:37:06 Good-bye, Mrs. Collins.

00:39:39 â™ª And lots of wind to blow it out â™ª

00:41:54 Time and a half overtime. That's a lot of money.

00:56:47 Bring him in! Dead or alive!

01:00:03 Go on. Get it. I'll show those Siamese hooligans.

01:03:58 â™ª Got ivy too â™ª

01:07:00 â™ª Molten lead, chopping blocks â™ª

01:09:34 Are they limber? Are they happy?

01:11:58 Bubble gum, Ping-Pong ball, jackknife

01:16:38 Smith. Sammy Smith.

01:19:35 â™ª I want my chiffon Mother Hubbard lined with Hudson Bay rat â™ª

01:22:19 A-one and a-two and a-three and a-play!

01:26:12 No, no! No! No, no!

Cast & Characters

Peter Lind Hayes August Zabladowski Mary Healy Heloise Collins Hans Conried Dr. Terwilliker Tommy Rettig Bartholomew Collins Jack Heasley Uncle Whitney Robert Heasley Uncle Judson Noel Cravat Sgt. Lunk George Chakiris Dancer Alan Aric Elevator Operator Alvin Beam Terwilliker's Valet

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed879

Dialogue density9.9 lines / min

First line00:03:12

Final line01:26:12

Production Record

DirectorRoy Rowland

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes4,676