Full awards and nominations of The Music Man
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Musical. Comedy
Confidence man Harold Hill arrives at staid River City intending to cheat the community with his standard scam of offering to equip and train a boy's marching band, then skip town with the money since he has no music skill anyway. Things go awry when he falls for a librarian he tries to divert from exposing him while he inadvertently enriches the town with a love of music.
- 35th Academy Awards (1963) - Movies from 1962
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20th Golden Globes Awards (1963) - Movies from 1962
- winner Best Picture - Musical
- nom. Best Director (Morton da Costa)
- nom. Best Leading Actor - Comedy or Musical (Robert Preston)
- nom. Best Leading Actress - Comedy or Musical (Shirley Jones)
- nom. Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Hermione Gingold)
- nom. Best Original Score (Meredith Willson)
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Writers Guild Awards (WGA) - Movies from 1962
- winner Best Musical Screenplay (Marion Hargrove)
- Directors Guild of America (DGA) - 1962 Productions