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Jack and the Beanstalk

  • NR
  • 1952
  • 1h 18m
  • Comedy, Fantasy, Music
  • 5.7

Be happy go wacky!

Two down-on-their-luck loafers take a job babysitting, with a bedtime story of the titular tale turning into a wacky Abbott and Costello-faced musical retelling involving stolen cows, terrible giants, and the heroic boy with an opportunistic butcher in a castle above the clouds.

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Storyline

Two down-on-their-luck loafers take a job babysitting, with a bedtime story of the titular tale turning into a wacky Abbott and Costello-faced musical retelling involving stolen cows, terrible giants, and the heroic boy with an opportunistic butcher in a castle above the clouds.

Cast

Bud AbbottMr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss
Lou CostelloJack / Jack Strong
Buddy BaerSgt. Riley / The Giant
Dorothy FordReceptionist / Polly
Barbara BrownMrs. Strong
David StolleryDonald Larkin
William FarnumThe King
Shaye CoganEloise Larkin / Princess Eloise (Darlene)
James AlexanderArthur / Prince Arthur / Troubador
Johnny ConradDancer
Almira SessionsMrs. Mergatroyd (uncredited)
Arthur ShieldsPatrick the Harp (voice, uncredited)
Mel BlancForest Animals (voice, uncredited)

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