The Sound of Music The happiest sound in all the world! Release date: 1965-03-29 Genres: Drama, Family, Music, Romance Actors: Marni Nixon, Peggy Wood, Ben Wright, Nicholas Hammond, Anna Lee, Christopher Plummer, Heather Menzies, Bill Lee, Julie Andrews, Eleanor Parker, Sam Harris, Gertrude Astor, Bert Stevens, Portia Nelson, Norma Varden, Frank Baker, Leoda Richards, Kym Karath, Richard Haydn, Evadne Baker, Duane Chase, Gilchrist Stuart, Angela Cartwright, Debbie Turner, Doris Lloyd, Charmian Carr, Daniel Truhitte, Margery MacKay, Doreen Tryden, Ada Beth Lee Budget: $8,200,000Revenue: $286,214,286 Runtime: 2 h. 54 min. Score: 7.7/10 Votes: 3,417 Countries: United States of America Companies: Robert Wise Productions, Argyle Enterprises, 20th Century Fox Available* : Overview: In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.