The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. Page #4

Synopsis: The bane of adolescent Bart Collins' existence is the piano lessons he is forced to take under the tutelage of Dr. Terwilliker, the only person he admits he detests because of his dictatorial nature. Bart feels Dr. Terwilliker has undue influence for these lessons on his widowed mother, Heloise Collins. The one person who sympathizes with Bart, although quietly on the sidelines, is the Collins' plumber, August Zabladowski. Bart hates his life associated with the piano so much he often daydreams when he practices and even during his lessons. His latest dream has him imprisoned in the fantastical Terwilliker Institute in the day before its grand opening. Terwilliker's second in command at the Institute is his mother, although she has been hypnotized into her position, which will also soon be as Mrs. Dr. Terwilliker. Bart tries to convince Mr. Zabladowski, who is there to install the Institute's plumbing, to save his mother and himself from Terwilliker. Bart also hopes that Zabladowski wi
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Music
Director(s): Roy Rowland
Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
79%
G
Year:
1953
89 min
412 Views


for a while.

Dream stuff,dream stuff

Funny thing about this dream stuff

First it's there

Then nowhere

Dream stuff,dream stuff

Ever fleeting, ever shifting

Yet we could keep it

from drifting

If we'd only dare

Grasp that world

You've been to

Carry it right into

Bright blue day

Feel it

Seal it

Don't let anybody steal it

Most of all, keep any doubt away

Then you can make it stay

Dream stuff,dream stuff

Ever fleeting, ever shifting

Yet we could keep it

from drifting

If we'd only dare

Grasp that world

You've been to

Carry it right into

Bright blue day

Feel it

Seal it

Don't let anybody steal it

Most of all, keep any doubt away

Then you can

Make it stay

Yeah, I know what happens now.

In the middle of the night

you'll start sneezing, then coughing.

You may even come down with pneumonia.

At a time like this, with no penicillin.

This doesn't make sense.

The fishing trip is off.

- You're not gonna help me?

- No, I'm not.

- But my mother's a prisoner.

- I don't believe it.

Look, Mr. Zabladowski...

I promise not to

disturb you anymore.

I promise to stay

out of your hair.

I promise to do anything you want me to,

if you'll just go and take a look.

You are a sly...

deceiving, scheming little coot.

So I'll ""just go

and take a look.''

Come on.

You want to be a hero. Come on.

As soon as we get there, we'll rush in,

grab her and carry her away to safety.

Relax. I'll take a look,

like I promised.

But you'll stay here,

and you'll behave yourself.

She doesn't look like a prisoner.

But she is.

All right, I'll go ask her.

Wow.

Say, Dr. Terwilliker-

- Where'd you study?

- I just picked it up.

Why try to put the whammy on me?

I just came up here to take a look.

Now that you've had your look,

begone.

Whatever your duties

in my institute may be...

return to your post

and resume your labors.

No, I won't. I've come to the conclusion

that I'm not putting in any more sinks.

But, dear Mr. Zabladowski,

you must.

Without sinks, the county sink inspector

won't certify the place as sanitary.

And we won't be able

to open tomorrow.

That's perfectly all right with me.

Good-bye.

Please. I'm sure

it's all been a mistake.

Dear Dr. Terwilliker

thought you were an intruder.

It was a case

of mistaken identity.

Wasn't it, Dr. Terwilliker?

Of course, dear boy.

Whether you know it or not...

you are a cog

in this great operation.

I'm no cog.

I don't even like the sound of it.

I am an independent contractor.

Well, let me put it this way.

You're a key man

and a valuable ally.

A big wheel

within all my wheels.

You, if I may say so, alone,

of all my people...

are the...

indispensable man.

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