The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T.

[1953, Movie, NR, 89 mins]

The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T.: Review

Hollywood films just don't get any weirder. This surrealistic children's film (co-written by Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss), features Tommy Rettig as a young boy who would rather play baseball than take piano lessons with the tyrannical Dr. Terwilliker (Hans Conried). The boy dreams he's being held prisoner in the castle of Dr. T, who runs a piano school for 500 captive boys. Five hundred boys, 5000 fingers — get it? Read the complete review for The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T.

The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T.: Cast & Details

Year: 1953
Rated NR

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Cast
Peter Lind Hayes: Zabladowski
Mary Healy: Mrs. Collins
Hans Conried: Dr. Terwilliker
Tommy Rettig: Bart
John Heasley: Uncle Whitney
Robert Heasley: Uncle Judson

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The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T.: TV Guide News

DVD Tuesday: 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T: Weirdest Movie Ever! | Ask FlickChick | 1/29/2008
DVD Tuesday: A children's movie to give adults nightmares — dare to enter the mindscape of Dr. Suess via The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T!I'm not a huge fan of most children's films and never have been, but The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953) is a mind-boggler, and as regular FlickChick readers know, I love having my mind boggled.Regular suburban kid Bartholomew "Bart" Collins (Tommy Rettig, star of TV's Lassie… OK, co-star) hates taking piano lessons and really hates his paino teacher, the tyrannical Dr. Terwilliker (Hans Conried). He'd rather be playing baseball or hanging out with Mr. Zabladowski (Peter Lind Hayes), the plumber who always seems to fixing something in the Collins house. But Bart's widowed mother, Heloise (Mary Healy), believes piano lessons build character, so there's no getting out of them. Hence Tommy's extended nightmare — which lasts most of the movie — about being trapped in the bizarre world of the Terwilliker Institute, where Dr. T has built a... read more

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