The Pied Piper of Hamelin
movie
Released November 26, 1957
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.
Cast
Van Johnson
as
Pied Piper / Truson
Claude Rains
as
Mayor of Hamelin
Lori Nelson
as
Mara
Jim Backus
as
King's Emissary
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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)
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Rene Kroper
as
Paul (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as
Townsman (uncredited)
Carl Benton Reid
as
Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)
Crew
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Irving Taylor
as
Writer
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Hal Stanley
as
Writer
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Robert Browning
as
Writer
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Hal Stanley
as
Producer
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William E. Snyder
as
Cinematography
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Norman A. Cerf
as
Editor
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Floyd Knudtson
as
Editor
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Arthur Lonergan
as
Production Design
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G.W. Berntsen
as
Set Decoration
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Monty M. Berman
as
Costume Design
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Walter Elliott
as
Sound
Edvard Grieg
as
Music