The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Name: The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Director: Bretaigne Windust
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music, TV Movie
Released: 1957-11-26
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Van Johnson, Claude Rains, Lori Nelson, Jim Backus, Kay Starr

Comedy Fantasy Music TV Movie

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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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DirectorBretaigne Windust