The Pied Piper of Hamelin DVD Van Johnson (1960)

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1960 The Pied Piper of Hamelin DVD Van Johnson Claude Rains  

The story is the familiar one: the town of Hamelin, plagued by rats, hires a mysterious piper (Van Johnson) to rid the town of rodents. The piper does so, on the promise that he'll be paid a handsome fee. But the duplicitous burgomeister (Claude Rains), on the advice of his Laurel-and-Hardy council (Doodles Weaver and Stanley Adams), reneges on his promise. In revenge, the piper lures all of Hamelin's children off to parts unknown. In a departure from the original, there's a happy ending this time. Most of the dialogue is spoken in rhyme (quite amusingly by Rains),

Jim Backus   - King's Emissary 
Oliver Blake   - Leading Citizen 
Lori Nelson   - Maria 
Stanley Adams   - Second Counselor 
Van Johnson   - Pied Piper/Truson 
Claude Rains   - Mayor of Hamelin 
Kay Starr   - John's Mother 
Doodles Weaver   - First Counselor

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