The Pied Piper

It's all heart and thrills!

6.919421h 27mReleased

Drama

War

Overview

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1942-08-21

Runtime1h 27m

LanguagesEnglishFrançais

CountriesUnited States of America

Cast & Crew

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

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Dec 23, 2024

7/10

Curmudgeonly Briton "Howard" (Monty Woolley) is doing his best impersonation of "Rudolf Rassendyl", fishing peaceably and minding his own business, when the Nazis decide to invade France. He has to get home and is persuaded to take the two "Cavanaugh" children to safety with him. There's "Ronnie" (Roddy McDowall) and his sister "Sheila" (Peggy Ann …

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