The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)

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Original Title: The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Release Date: November 26, 1957

Runtime: 87 minutes

Budget: $0.0

Revenue: $0.0

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.