Acting
Julie Andrews gives 110% to a character who gives 0% back.
Costume
Edith Head's 30+ gowns deserve their own billing.
Score
Rodgers songs that outshine the melodrama containing them.
Director
Robert Wise
Julie Andrews
Gertrude Lawrence
Richard Crenna
Richard Aldrich
Michael Craig
Sir Anthony Spencer
Daniel Massey
Noël Coward
Robert Reed
Charles Fraser
Bruce Forsyth
Arthur Lawrence
Beryl Reid
Rose
John Collin
Jack Roper
Alan Oppenheimer
Andre Charlot
Richard Karlan
David Holtzmann
Anthony Eisley
Ben Mitchell
J. Pat O'Malley
Dan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 3-hour flop killed the big-budget Hollywood biopic musical until Dreamgirls revived it 38 years later.
Robert Wise edited this immediately after The Sound of Music's success—proving even masters can misjudge pace when drunk on their own power.
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