November 26, 1957
87 minutes
MusicFantasyComedyTV Movie
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
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)
Joseph Sargent
()
Doodles Weaver
(First Counselor (uncredited))
Stanley Adams
(Second Counselor (uncredited))
Oliver Blake
(Leading Citizen (uncredited))
Rene Kroper
(Paul (uncredited))
William H. O'Brien
(Townsman (uncredited))
Carl Benton Reid
(Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited))
Amzie Strickland
(Leading Townswoman (uncredited))
Judith Woodbury
(Townswoman (uncredited))
Cyril Delevanti
()
James Gonzalez
(Citizen)
Jess Kirkpatrick
()
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