The Pied Piper of Hamelin

87 mins
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.

Van Johnson

Pied Piper / Truson

Claude Rains

Mayor of Hamelin

Jim Backus

King's Emissary

Kay Starr

John's Mother

Doodles Weaver

First Counselor (uncredited)

Stanley Adams

Second Counselor (uncredited)

Oliver Blake

Leading Citizen (uncredited)

Rene Kroper

Paul (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Townsman (uncredited)

Carl Benton Reid

Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland

Leading Townswoman (uncredited)

Judith Woodbury

Townswoman (uncredited)

William E. Snyder

Cinematography

Arthur Lonergan

Production Design

Hal Stanley

Producer

G.W. Berntsen

Set Decoration

Monty M. Berman

Costume Design

William E. Snyder

Director of Photography

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