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The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)
Directed by Bretaigne Windust
Overview
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.
Length 87 minutes
Actors
Van Johnson | Claude Rains | Lori Nelson | Jim Backus | Kay Starr | Joseph Sargent | Doodles Weaver | Stanley Adams | Oliver Blake | Rene Kroper | William H. O'Brien | Carl Benton Reid | Amzie Strickland | Judith Woodbury | Cyril Delevanti | James Gonzalez | Jess Kirkpatrick