The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957 TV Movie)

Claude Rains: Mayor of Hamelin

Quotes 

• Mayor of Hamelin : You have an invention?

  Pied Piper : I attract attention/ Chiefly with a secret charm/ On creatures that do people harm;/ The mole, the toad, the newt and viper./

  [Chuckles] 

  Pied Piper : Who doesn't know of the Pied Piper?

• Pied Piper : Maneuvers and manipulations!

  Mayor of Hamelin : How dare you, sir! In all your dealings / To prevent your feelings / We require a legal form. / 'Tis no departure from the norm.

• Mayor of Hamelin : What would you do with such a sum?

  Pied Piper : Have fun!

• Mayor of Hamelin : Stop squealing and squeaking as though you were rats. Remember that you're bureaucrats.