The Pied Piper (1942)
1h 27m
Running Time
August 21, 1942Release Date
The Pied Piper (1942)
1h 27m
Running Time
August 21, 1942Release Date
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Plot.
Englishman Mr. Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded to take along the two Cavanaugh children, and as his journey progresses his family keeps growing in size. Once in German-occupied northern France a new problem arises β the risk of being heard speaking English.
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Cast & Crew.

Monty Woolley
John Sidney Howard

Roddy McDowall
Ronnie Cavanaugh

Anne Baxter
Nicole Rougeron

Otto Preminger
Major Diessen

J. Carrol Naish
Aristide Rougeron

Lester Matthews
Mr. Cavanaugh

Jill Esmond
Mrs. Cavanaugh

Ferike Boros
Madame

Peggy Ann Garner
Sheila Cavanaugh

Merrill Rodin
Willem

Maurice Tauzin
Pierre

Fleurette Zama
Rose

William Edmunds
Frenchman

Marcel Dalio
Focquet

Marcelle Corday
Madame Bonne

Odette Myrtil
Madame Rougeron

Jean Del Val
Railroad Official

Rudolph Anders
Lieutenant

Henry Rowland
Military Policeman

Helmut Dantine
Aide

George Davis
Barman

Irving Pichel
Director

Nevil Shute
Novel

Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay / Producer

Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer

Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer / Music Director

Edward Cronjager
Director of Photography

Allen McNeil
Editor

Richard Day
Art Direction

Maurice Ransford
Art Direction

Thomas Little
Set Decoration

Dolly Tree
Costume Design

Guy Pearce
Makeup Artist

Tom Dudley
Assistant Director

Otto Brower
Second Unit Director

Roger Heman Sr.
Sound

E. Clayton Ward
Sound

Sam Benson
Wardrobe Supervisor

Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator

Cyril J. Mockridge
Additional Music

Hugo Friedhofer
Additional Music

Harry Brand
Publicist
Media.

Details.
Wiki.
The Pied Piper is a 1942 American film in which an Englishman on vacation in France is caught up in the German invasion of that country, and finds himself taking an ever-growing group of children to safety. It stars Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall and Anne Baxter. The film was adapted by Nunnally Johnson from the 1942 novel of the same name by Nevil Shute. It was directed by Irving Pichel.
It was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture, Monty Woolley for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Edward Cronjager for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White.
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