The Pied Piper of Hamelin
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26 Nov 1957
Description
The singing, rhyming citizens of Hamelin hope to win a competition with rival towns for royal recognition. To this end, the mayor outlaws play (which is a bit hard on the children) and refuses to help a rival town when it’s flooded. But rats (seen only as shadows), fleeing the flood, invade Hamelin in droves; a magical piper, whose music only children (and rats) can hear, strikes a bargain…which, once the rats are gone, the Mayor and council renege on, to their subsequent regret.
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Cast
- Van Johnson Pied Piper / Truson
- Claude Rains Mayor of Hamelin
- Lori Nelson Mara
- Jim Backus King's Emissary
- Kay Starr John's Mother
- Doodles Weaver the Mayor's Councillor
- Stanley Adams the Mayor's Councillor
- Carl Benton Reid the Hamelout Mayor
- Oliver Blake Leading Villager
- Amzie Strickland Leading Townswoman
- Rene Kroger Paul
- Brian Corcoran John
- Joseph Sargent
- Rene Kroper Paul (uncredited)
- William H. O'Brien Townsman (uncredited)
- Judith Woodbury Townswoman (uncredited)
- Cyril Delevanti
- James Gonzalez Citizen
- Jess Kirkpatrick
Director
- Bretaigne Windust
Screenwriter
- Irving Taylor
- Hal Stanley
- Robert Browning
Director of Photography
- William E. Snyder
Composer
- Walter Elliott
- Edvard Grieg
Producer
- Hal Stanley
