5000 Fingers Of Dr. T, The (Dr. Seuss) - Trailer (1953)

[hapi0dewa0HAPI]

I watched this movie as a really little kid, and pretty much forgot about it. I did grow up remembering parts of it though, thinking it was all from a dream I had one time. I told my parents about the dream, and they were like, "That's a movie..." and I rewatched it, and it was like reliving a really, really old memory. It was awesome. I love this movie.

[xUpsidedown69x]

What kind of new hell is this

[MrMonsterstiffy]

@somebutthead Ditto!

[bluenudibranch]

SuperJail?

[DimeraFan28]

@somebutthead, let'e hope not.

[Mavarla]

Plumbers always know all the "angles," right?

[jsl151850b]

01:23

Seeing as there are quadrillions of atoms in the human body, being disintegrated atom by atom isn't that much of a threat.

Were the film remade for the 21st century, the plumber would be installing toilets.

(That was probably in the first draft of the script, but, being the 1950s, it was changed to sinks.)

[ohshitcharlie]

My grandmother introduced me to this movie in the 70's and I have never forgotten it!

[ohshitcharlie]

My grandmother introduced me to this movie in the 70's and I have never forgotten it!

[xtremetoxicguy]

If you watch the movie, it gets better!

[AlanHollow]

The whammy duel looks more like a dance.

[MegaBandgeek22]

I don't get why everyone walked out of this movie when it first premired. I guess they couldn't handle Dr. Seuss back then. He was probably too awsome for them to handle and if they stayed any longer, there brains would explode.

[owurmoshingonmyfoot]

Remember watching this all the time as a child. I loved it.

[zvi303]

As a kid, I head Jean Sheppard pushing this. I had to wait until YouTube to see it.

[robsimone]

@somebutthead D'aw, Tim's too smart to do that. 

[SuperWolsey]

Ahead of it's time, this one.

Shame on you, 1953 movie goers. You damned us all to stretched out bastardizations of Seuss' works.

[balmainguy]

I saw this film several times between the ages of 8 and 13, and all I remember is that it is f@#king weird...... Seeing it again now though, nothing has changed.

[ctdsnark]

I guess 1953 audiences just weren't ready for Dr. Seuss.

[athenacat96]

At the premiere of this movie all the patrons walked out after fifteen minutes.

[flapdoodle64]

The kids that were 8 years old when they watched this film would all later drop acid during the summer of 1967. This is not a coincidence.

[joeblowthehot]

oh GOD I hope not!

[powerease]

How much oil went into making this crap with real thought about future generations?

[powerease]

I watched this movie Sunday night against my better judgement.

Talk about pissing away post WW2 wealth!

[zbaby82]

It's very different.

[TheRubarbPie]

FIRST FLOOR DUNGON!!!

[RyanHarding004]

such a good movie! @dave9 its online at 'bigmovies4free' ! seen it twice already lol One of the best films i've seen!!

[nhardest]

This scared the crap out of me too.....I can just imagine me staring at this movie in a trance at the tender age of 4.....scared out of my mind!!!!

[davidhenning]

The elevator scene scared the crap out of me as a child!

[comick1]

Is it atomic????????

[TheTinaChristina]

OMGee!! This was My sisters and I favorite movie!! WOULD SOMEONE PLEAZE DOWNLOAD THE MOVIE PU-LEEAASSEE~~~

[TilemanSD]

This movie scared the crapola out of me as a kid. ...still does!

[justinrpg]

i remember this! had to watch in 4th grade, couldn't stop saying "happy fingers" for like six months! lol

[sparklingsspit]

Is it me or does Mr. T's voice sound like that of Captain Hook from Disney's Peter Pan?

[PaperJoelio]

It is!

[WizardOfHumor1989]

Hans Conried played Dr. T and voiced Captain Hook in the same year. It is the same actor.

[buntyskid]

The trailer does nothing to show how amazing this film is. It did scare/fascinate me as a child, and I only saw PART of it on a crappy black and white TV.

Seeing it on the big screen is an amazing experience, or on DVD.

It's funny, magicial, creepy and the music is suprisingly good and quite poignant at times.

Suess disowned the film, but I think the creators actually did a great job of capturing his imaginary places and people.

[paulowil11]

sessão da tarde na veia.

[spikydemon86]

Where can i download this movie?! It scared me shitless as a kid!

[leowalding]

Netflix has it for rent.

[tekproxy]

1:45 best duel ever

[EVERTONIC]

u wanna watch the secret service by gerry anderson...the thunderbirds dude for those who dont know...its up there for weirdness with this.....enjoy

[burlyQ]

is that the same stairspiral from the great Ziegfeld?

[edwardstheconfessor]

Someone below mentioned there being only one woman in the movie. I recall feeling that this was a very homoerotic film. There's the leather-clad dude, going down to "the dungeon"; Dr. Terwilliker wears a kaftan the whole time; the little boys under the Dr.'s control; the Dr. singing about wanting to be dressed in "the blossoms of a million pink trees'.

Probably just my sick mind. But...

[orangepolyester]

You're so right, this is high camp. Pretty remarkable for 1953.

[edwardstheconfessor]

I've been a fan since this aired in Canada in the early 1990s. But what a crappy promo! Who would want to SEE TWO MEN DANCING! They completely ignored the fear of the "atomic age" (you'll know what I mean if you've seen it). They don't even mention the drama of a little boy, faced with the nightmare of an evil madman. Heck, if I'd seen this promo in theatres, I'd be bored stiff. But, WATCH THIS MOVIE if you haven't. It's a snapshot in time. Brilliant.

[iwearscarves]

i swear i thought i made up this movie in a dream haha for years its haunted me! the bit where he goes in the room n theres like millions of hands on pianos goin "practice makes perfect! practice makes perfect!" still freaks me out haha cant believe its actually real

[ephenshtay]

this movie weirded the fuck outta me when i was little

[roudy1689]

same here, it was nightmarish

[mehrlicht]

I remember watching this movie when i was about 5, it scared me! :p

[LaDracul]

This certainly looks better than that horrible live-action Grinch movie...

[kutiekatz90]

gosh i'd love to see a clip of those roller-skating siamese twins that were connected by their beard... that's my favorite part of the movie!

[ronery231]

this movie is a trip i saw it on TCM the other night and i was blown away.

too bad they don't make seuss movies like this anymore. so far in recent years hollywood has destroyed the grinch, desecrated and absolutely fucked beyond all possible recognition the cat in the hat (mike meyers should go to hell for that), and turned horton hears a who into a voice recognition game packed with as many celebrety voices as possible but no imagination or wonder.

[listentoacdc2]

lmao where can I get one of these hats???

[orangeviolins]

This was on TCM late last night. Next time I will definitley stay up to watch it. Remember seeing it when I was young in the 60's also. Love Conried as Dr T. And strangely enough there is a character named Bartholomew Collins in it. (Dark Shadows anyone?) It is a classic!!! And hey, written by Dr Suess? Excellent.

[hebneh]

I think any kid dropped off at a theater to see this in the early '50s would've alternated between being perplexed, bored, stupefied and scornful - and, I guess, possibly scared too (to judge by some of the previous comments.) This movie is extremely peculiar and not particularly good, although I give 'em credit for trying it, at least.

It would've been far better as a cartoon than as a live-action movie with real humans.

[spotlite5]

that's funny

[darken27]

Wow... They were on drugs when they made this movie...

[ratfinkabooboo18]

Wow, I had a vague memory of this movie, I remember the piano and the kids with the hats with hands on them. It was probably around 1969 when I saw this at age 6. I just did a google search and thought I would never find this!

[voiceofrico]

Wow! I had never even heard of this movie before today. It seems like it would be a classic. Maybe it was a bit too weird for its day? Is it an interesting story?

[Rollman1]

Why not? it would real freakie. and im shur he cast Johnny Depp as Mr.T

[Rollman1]

Dr.T isent serving green eggs an ham here

[latoyalewis]

i loved this movie in the early 90s also lol

[ihavetoast]

all i remember is being scared to death of this when i was little and 10,000 fingers instead of 5.

(and i had no clue it was a seuss movie.)

[Horse1392]

this movie scared the shit out of me when i was a kid.

[LittleRachie2]

Holy crap... for the longest damn time I could NOT remember the name of this movie. It was stuck in the back of my mind as 10,000 fingers? Piano? Kid with blue hat? Wow... total nostalgia. (right wording?)

[ViveLaAdam]

Same here lol.

[drazdikjr]

If only Jewish Rabbis and Crayola could negociate the manufacture of Beeswax crayons for the Kosar upbringing of all children.

[hacker54189]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i USED TO WATCH THIS WHEN I WAS LITTLE! THIS BRINGS BACK SO MANY MEMORIES! (Now, I did not watch it in the 50's though, I watched it in the early 90's)

[OrangeSFO]

"VERY Atomic!!"

[PercyAGrainger]

Fascinating that Dr. Seuss should choose to attack the concept of music lessons within the vehicle of a film musical...

[sakara18235]

a square ad for a trippy movie.

[AlianQuin]

The Whammy Duel

[lukeoftheawesome]

**SHEER**

*TERROR***

[designerhell]

charlie and the piano factory?

[dlybfttp]

This was the single most terrible movie I have ever seen.

[evanthomas07]

i like it!

[Zetsword]

Now this is how you make a f'ing Dr. Seuss movie

[rpuras]

Great remembrance!!! Thanks!

[fjccommish]

terrible movie

[LeopoldoII]

Wonderful movie... I'm grown up with this movie... and I've started to play piano! =)

[imakegoodcake]

WOW~ where did you get this?!? haha

[devangelis]

omg!!!! i remember thinking this movie was so creepy when I was a kid; I also thought it had to do with child molesters somehow. I still get that....

[verkaforever]

Hans Conried' nameshould have been first in the credits.

[ravenhawk1326]

I love this movie

[sailorstar14]

I think this was the best Dr Seuss movie I've ever seen! X3 I love musicals! They don't need to make a remake. The original's fine the way it is! ^_^

[kuhnigget]

Happy fingers!!! An amazingly overlooked gem.

[magicman205]

THIS MOVIE SUCKED!!!!!

[Entropy56]

I have a vague memory (a snapshot, only) of the large piano when I was 5. I wondered what this movie was all about and haven't seen it since 1961. When I was 5 it seemed like a spectacular movie.

[sickbitch]

I'v Just noticed Something.I Realized that in this movie the Mother of that little boy,Bart was the only female and the rest of the people were guys.

[CrazyShakaZulu]

man this film is creepy

[sickbitch]

How is it creepy?

[CrazyShakaZulu]

when I was younger I remember watching it and I'd always get scared at the dungeon part

[apologianm]

If you get a chance to see this movie--it's awesome, very strange, bizzare, and oddly touching even--it's a forgotten gem!

[Rollman1]

isent it time for a remake?

[sickbitch]

why?

[odinvonzero]

Hell NO.

[LiLMissSkittles22]

Wow..i haven't seen this movie for years!

[RedFerryDwarf69]

I am glad to see someone posting this on Youtube. It is such a strange film, that not only broke-out-of-the-box in the 1950s, it barely shows any sign of there being a box there at all! Dr Seuss was awesome and beyond artistic. Thanks for showing this.