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The Pied Piper of Hamelin is an American ninety-minute musical film in color, originally made as a television special and first shown by NBC on Tuesday, November 26, 1957, as one of their Thanksgiving Week offerings for that year. It preempted that evening's telecasts of The Nat King Cole Show and The Eddie Fisher Show. Based on the famous poem of the same name by Robert Browning and using the music of Edvard Grieg arranged by Pete King with special lyrics by Hal Stanley and Irving Taylor, it starred Van Johnson, Claude Rains, Lori Nelson, Jim Backus, and Kay Starr. It was directed by Broadway veteran Bretaigne Windust. In a direct nod to Browning's poem, nearly all of the dialogue in The Pied Piper of Hamelin was written in rhyme, much of it directly lifted from the poem.
Original Release
11/26/1957
US Release
11/26/1957
Cast
Name | Character |
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Van Johnson | Pied Piper / Truson |
Claude Rains | Mayor of Hamelin |
Lori Nelson | Mara |
Jim Backus | King's Emissary |
Kay Starr | John's Mother |
Alan Aaronson | |
Kathie Anderson | |
Les Clark | |
Brian Corcoran | |
Cyril Delevanti |
Directors
Writers
Irving Taylor, Hal Stanley, Robert Browning
Cast
Name | Character |
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Van Johnson | Pied Piper / Truson |
Claude Rains | Mayor of Hamelin |
Lori Nelson | Mara |
Jim Backus | King's Emissary |
Kay Starr | John's Mother |
Alan Aaronson | |
Kathie Anderson | |
Les Clark | |
Brian Corcoran | |
Cyril Delevanti | |
James Elsegood | |
James Gonzalez | |
Alex Goudovitch | |
Fred Hansen | |
Jess Kirkpatrick | |
Carey Leverette | |
Nora Marlowe | |
Jack Mattis | |
Jay Meyers | |
Fintan Meyler |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hal Stanley | Producer |