The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Release: 1957-11-26
·Runtime: 87m
·★ 5.4
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.
Production Companies
Hal Stanley Productions
Cast
Jim Backus
as King's Emissary
Oliver Blake
as Leading Citizen (uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti
Stanley Adams
as Second Counselor (uncredited)
Carl Benton Reid
as Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)
Van Johnson
as Pied Piper / Truson
Claude Rains
as Mayor of Hamelin
Kay Starr
as John's Mother
William H. O'Brien
as Townsman (uncredited)
Lori Nelson
as Mara
Joseph Sargent
Doodles Weaver
as First Counselor (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland
as Leading Townswoman (uncredited)
