Italian-British TV series

当一个小镇鼠患严重，管理者束手无策时，出现一个吹笛子的怪男人，并说他以1000金币为报酬帮忙赶走老鼠，管理者嘲笑他不当作一回事的答应了他。男人吹笛把老鼠赶走后，管理者们后悔，并毁约不给男人金子。于是吹笛人吹起笛子，所有家的孩子都跟着笛声和男人一起消失了

After his rich father refuses to pay his debt, compulsive gambler Lawrence Bourne III joins the Peace Corps to evade angry creditors. In Thailand, he is assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with the help of American-As-Apple-Pie WSU Grad Tom Tuttle and the beautiful and down-to earth Beth Wexler. What they don't realize is that the bridge is coveted by the U.S. Army, a local Communist force, and a powerful drug lord. Together with the help of At Toon, the only English speaking native, they must fight off the three opposing forces and find out what is right for the villagers, as well as themselves.

In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.

Writer H. G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to modern day San Francisco after the infamous serial killer steals his time machine to escape the 19th century.

1991 film directed by Nicholas Meyer

1982 film directed by Nicholas Meyer