
The Music Man(1962)
Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' bandleader to raise money before he can skip town.


“Based on the hit Broadway musical, featuring the choreography of Bob Fosse.”
An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise.

Doris Day
Katherine 'Babe' Williams

John Raitt
Sid Sorokin

Carol Haney
Gladys Hotchkiss

Eddie Foy Jr.
Vernon 'Hinesie' Hines

Reta Shaw
Mabel

Barbara Nichols
Poopsie

Thelma Pelish
Mae
Jack Straw
Prez

Ralph Dunn
Myron Hasler

Larri Thomas
Pajama Girl
The Pajama Game is a music, comedy, romance film released in 1957 exploring themes of factory, strike, based on novel or book, iowa, musical, based on play or musical. Directed by George Abbott, it stars Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney. An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise.
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