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Jack and the Beanstalk

(1952)

April 7, 1952 1h 18m
56%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

Jean Yarbrough

Director

Top Billed Cast

BA

Bud Abbott

Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss

LC

Lou Costello

Jack / Jack Strong

BB

Buddy Baer

Sgt. Riley / The Giant

DF

Dorothy Ford

Receptionist / Polly

BB

Barbara Brown

Mrs. Strong

DS

David Stollery

Donald Larkin

WF

William Farnum

The King

SC

Shaye Cogan

Eloise Larkin / Princess Eloise (Darlene)

JA

James Alexander

Arthur / Prince Arthur / Troubador

JC

Johnny Conrad

Dancer

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