The Pied Piper of Hamelin

The Pied Piper (Van Johnson) is first spotted working magic in Hamelin by a disabled boy, Paul, and playing his signature tune In the Hall of the Mountain King. The town of Hamelin has entered a competition in order to win a banner from the King. It is then that the Piper magically appears before the Mayor and his councilors. Asking to be paid all the money in the town's treasury, he offers to rid the town of the rats. The Piper rids the rats, but the Mayor plots to use the gold to construct the chimes.