Young Bart Collins lives with his widowed mother Heloise. The major blight on Bart's existence is the hated piano lessons he is forced to endure under the tutelage of the autocratic Dr. Terwilliker. Bart feels that his mother has fallen under Terwilliker's sinister influence, and gripes to visiting plumber August Zabladowski, without much result. While grimly hammering away at his lessons, Bart dozes off and enters a fantastical musical dream.
Peter Lind Hayes
as August Zabladowski
Mary Healy
as Heloise Collins
Hans Conried
as Dr. Terwilliker
Tommy Rettig
as Bartholomew Collins
Noel Cravat
as Sgt. Lunk
Robert Heasley
as Uncle Judson
Jack Heasley
as Uncle Whitney
George Chakiris
as Dancer
Alan Aric
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Henry Kulky
as Stroogo (uncredited)
Tony Butala
as Boy Pianist (uncredited)
Kim Charney
as Kim - Boy in Line (uncredited)
