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The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)

The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)

Comedy Fantasy Music TV Movie
Release Date: 1957, November 26
Directors: Bretaigne Windust
Production: Hal Stanley Productions, Hal Stanley Productions
Cast: Amzie Strickland, Claude Rains, Oliver Blake, William H. O'Brien, Judith Woodbury, Van Johnson, Stanley Adams, James Gonzalez, Carl Benton Reid, Doodles Weaver, Jim Backus, Lori Nelson

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

musical