The Pied Piper of Hamelin
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.
Top Billed Cast
Van Johnson
Pied Piper / Truson
Claude Rains
Mayor of Hamelin
Lori Nelson
Mara
Jim Backus
King's Emissary
Kay Starr
John's Mother
Featured Crew
Hal Stanley
Producer
Walter Elliott
Sound
Irving Taylor
Writer
Norman A. Cerf
Editor
Monty M. Berman
Costume Design
Hal Stanley
Writer
Arthur Lonergan
Production Design
Edvard Grieg
Music
Floyd Knudtson
Editor
Robert Browning
Writer
William E. Snyder
Cinematography
G.W. Berntsen
Set Decoration
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