Storyline:
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.

Cast:

Van Johnson Pied Piper / Truson

Claude Rains Mayor of Hamelin

Lori Nelson Mara

Jim Backus King's Emissary

Cyril Delevanti

James Gonzalez

Jess Kirkpatrick

Stanley Adams Second Counselor (uncredited)

Oliver Blake Leading Citizen (uncredited)

Carl Benton Reid Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: Red 4TB Drive

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3