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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957, Nov 26
1h 27m
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.
Directed by
Bretaigne Windust
Written by
Irving Taylor, Hal Stanley, Robert Browning
Van Johnson
Pied Piper / Truson
Jim Backus
King's Emissary
Stanley Adams
Second Counselor (uncredited)
Claude Rains
Mayor of Hamelin
Carl Benton Reid
Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland
Leading Townswoman (uncredited)
Lori Nelson
Mara
William H. O'Brien
Townsman (uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti
Oliver Blake
Leading Citizen (uncredited)
Doodles Weaver
First Counselor (uncredited)
Kay Starr
John's Mother
Rene Kroper
Paul (uncredited)
Judith Woodbury
Townswoman (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
Citizen
Jess Kirkpatrick
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