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
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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Hal Stanley
as
Producer
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Walter Elliott
as
Sound
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Irving Taylor
as
Writer
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Norman A. Cerf
as
Editor
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Monty M. Berman
as
Costume Design
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Hal Stanley
as
Writer
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Arthur Lonergan
as
Production Design
Edvard Grieg
as
Music
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Floyd Knudtson
as
Editor
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Robert Browning
as
Writer
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William E. Snyder
as
Cinematography
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G.W. Berntsen
as
Set Decoration