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The Pied Piper of Hamelin

56 %|Nov 26, 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.

Featured Crew

Bretaigne Windust
Director
William E. Snyder
Director of Photography
Irving Taylor
Writer
Hal Stanley
Writer
Robert Browning
Writer
Hal Stanley
Producer
William E. Snyder
Cinematography
Norman A. Cerf
Editor

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Cast

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Van Johnson
Pied Piper / Truson
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Claude Rains
Mayor of Hamelin
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Jim Backus
King's Emissary
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Kay Starr
John's Mother
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Doodles Weaver
First Counselor (uncredited)
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Stanley Adams
Second Counselor (uncredited)
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Oliver Blake
Leading Citizen (uncredited)
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Rene Kroper
Paul (uncredited)
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William H. O'Brien
Townsman (uncredited)
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Carl Benton Reid
Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)
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Amzie Strickland
Leading Townswoman (uncredited)
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Judith Woodbury
Townswoman (uncredited)