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In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, carefree carnival barker, Billy Bigelow, captivates and marries the naive millworker, Julie Jordan. Billy loses his job just as he learns that Julie is pregnant and, desperately intent upon providing a decent life for his family, he is coerced into being an accomplice to a robbery. Caught in the act and facing the certainty of prison, he takes his own life and is sent 'up there.' Billy is allowed to return to earth for one day fifteen years later, and he encounters the daughter he never knew. She is a lonely, friendless teenager, her father's reputation as a thief and bully having haunted her throughout her young life. How Billy instills in both the child and her mother a sense of hope and dignity is a dramatic testimony to the power of love.
Robert Goulet
Billy Bigelow
Mary Grover
Julie Jordan
Pernell Roberts
Jigger Craigin
Marlyn Mason
Carrie Pipperidge
Charles Ruggles
The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
Linda Moulton Howe
Louise
Marge Redmond
Mrs. Mullin
Bob Mackie
Costume Design
Paul Bogart
Director
Richard Rodgers
Songs
Oscar Hammerstein II
Lyricist
Ferenc Molnár
Writer
Oscar Hammerstein II
Writer
Sing 2
The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
An American in Paris
Gucha!
The Small White Mouse
Wattstax
Richy Guitar
The Cotton Club
Alô Alô Carnaval
Cuban Pete
Earth Girls Are Easy
Light of Day
Fontána pre Zuzanu 2
The Jackals
La magia de los Parchís
Earth, Wind & Fire
To the Devil, with Love
Feel the Motion
I Still Believe
Ruth & Boaz
High Strung Free Dance
Gabriel's Redemption: Part I
Pure Country
Prescription for Love
Spin
Pure Country 2: The Gift
Normal
Save the Last Dance
Let It Snow
Ali and Nino
Borrowed Hearts
Home by Spring
Love Finds You in Valentine
TalhotBlond
Not Easily Broken
Harvest Moon
American Son
The Hunchback
May 7, 1967
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1987 · 14 wins
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1978 · 13 wins
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2000 · 12 wins
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1981 · 11 wins
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