the music man (1962) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. a con man comes to an iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan. the music man tells of a worldly traveling salesman and scam artist who unwittingly infuses the people of a small iowa town with hope and dreams while he suffers. Directed by morton dacosta. With robert preston, shirley jones, buddy hackett, hermione gingold. Traveling con artist harold hill targets the naïve residents of.
