The Pied Piper of Hamelin

The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)

Music Fantasy Comedy TV Movie

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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  • Release Date: 1957-11-26
  • Runtime: 1h 27min
  • Director: Bretaigne Windust

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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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