The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Release Date: 1957-11-26
Rating : 5.375/10
Duration : 87 minutes
Genres : Music, Fantasy, Comedy, TV Movie
Director : Bretaigne Windust
Writer : Irving Taylor, Hal Stanley, Robert Browning
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.
Cast
Van Johnson
Claude Rains
Lori Nelson
Jim Backus
Kay Starr
Joseph Sargent