The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a 1957 music movie directed by Bretaigne Windust, with a running time of 1h 27m. It stars Van Johnson, Claude Rains and Lori Nelson.
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 as Pied Piper / Truson
- Claude Rains as Mayor of Hamelin
- Lori Nelson as Mara
- Jim Backus as King's Emissary
- Kay Starr as John's Mother
- Joseph Sargent
- Doodles Weaver as First Counselor (uncredited)
- Stanley Adams as Second Counselor (uncredited)
- Oliver Blake as Leading Citizen (uncredited)
- Rene Kroper as Paul (uncredited)
- William H. O'Brien as Townsman (uncredited)
- Carl Benton Reid as Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)
