Release Date

26 Nov, 1957

Runtime

01:27: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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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Actors

Van Johnson

Claude Rains

Lori Nelson

Jim Backus

Kay Starr

Joseph Sargent

Doodles Weaver

Stanley Adams

Oliver Blake

Rene Kroper

William H. O'Brien

Carl Benton Reid

Amzie Strickland

Judith Woodbury

Cyril Delevanti

James Gonzalez

Jess Kirkpatrick

Crew