The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper

87 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 21, 1942

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 — the risk of being heard speaking English.

The Pied Piper

87 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 21, 1942

The Pied Piper
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 — the risk of being heard speaking English.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title The Pied Piper
Directors Tom Dudley, Otto Brower, Irving Pichel
Writers Nevil Shute, Nunnally Johnson

Cast

Monty Woolley

as John Sidney Howard

Roddy McDowall

as Ronnie Cavanaugh

Anne Baxter

as Nicole Rougeron

Otto Preminger

as Major Diessen

J. Carrol Naish

as Aristide Rougeron

Lester Matthews

as Mr. Cavanaugh

Jill Esmond

as Mrs. Cavanaugh

Ferike Boros

as Madame

Peggy Ann Garner

as Sheila Cavanaugh

Merrill Rodin

as Willem

Maurice Tauzin

as Pierre

Fleurette Zama

as Rose

William Edmunds

as Frenchman

Marcel Dalio

as Focquet

Marcelle Corday

as Madame Bonne

Odette Myrtil

as Madame Rougeron

Jean Del Val

as Railroad Official

Rudolph Anders

as Lieutenant

Henry Rowland

as Military Policeman

Helmut Dantine

as Aide

George Davis

as Barman