The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
5.40
16 Votes

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.

Main Cast & Crew
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)
Bretaigne Windust
Directing/Director
Robert Browning
Writing/Writer
Hal Stanley
Production/Producer
Hal Stanley
Writing/Writer
Irving Taylor
Writing/Writer
Joseph Sargent
Directing/