![The Pied Piper of Hamelin Poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500//6IDkEN8l5vzS575RJw6KwgrAzTc.jpg)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
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November 26, 1957
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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. 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.
Featured Crew
Bretaigne Windust
Director
William E. Snyder
Director of Photography
Irving Taylor
Writer
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Cast
![Van Johnson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//A6vw5kbdmyXDz1ddQOocJmg9TSc.jpg)
Van Johnson
Pied Piper / Truson
![Claude Rains](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//fcM7Xfs0lWBw8TDjcFSLosX2YAD.jpg)
Claude Rains
Mayor of Hamelin
![Lori Nelson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//vw1Bm71Vr9qSx5o9TK716MSvxX5.jpg)
Lori Nelson
Mara
![Jim Backus](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//y2vIKLpjYlIo80sc5uvIpqEHn5n.jpg)
Jim Backus
King's Emissary
Kay Starr
John's Mother