The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)
1957 · 1h 27m · Music, Fantasy, Comedy, TV Movie
Genres: Music, Fantasy, Comedy, TV Movie
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.
Director: Bretaigne Windust
Writers: Irving Taylor, Hal Stanley, Robert Browning
Music by: Edvard Grieg
Cinematography: William E. Snyder
Editor: Norman A. Cerf, Floyd Knudtson
Cast
Van Johnson as Pied Piper / TrusonClaude Rains as Mayor of HamelinLori Nelson as MaraJim Backus as King's EmissaryKay Starr as John's MotherJoseph SargentDoodles Weaver as First Counselor (uncredited)Stanley Adams as Second Counselor (uncredited)Oliver Blake as Leading Citizen (uncredited)Rene Kroper as Paul (uncredited)William H. O'Brien as Townsman (uncredited)Carl Benton Reid as Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)More like this
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