The Pied Piper of Hamelin

November. 26,1957      
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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.

Van Johnson as  Pied Piper / Truson
Claude Rains as  Mayor of Hamelin
Lori Nelson as  Mara
Jim Backus as  King's Emissary
Doodles Weaver as  First Counselor (uncredited)
Stanley Adams as  Second Counselor (uncredited)
Oliver Blake as  Leading Citizen (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien as  Townsman (uncredited)
Carl Benton Reid as  Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)

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Reviews

ReaderKenka
1957/11/26

Let's be realistic.

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Platicsco
1957/11/27

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

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CrawlerChunky
1957/11/28

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

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Aneesa Wardle
1957/11/29

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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