Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

Name: Jack and the Beanstalk
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Released: 1952-04-07
Duration: 78 min
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy Baer, Dorothy Ford, Barbara Brown

19521h 18mNRComedyFantasyMusic

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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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)
JJames AlexanderArthur / Prince Arthur / Troubador
JJohnny ConradDancer
Almira SessionsMrs. Mergatroyd (uncredited)
Arthur ShieldsPatrick the Harp (voice, uncredited)
Mel BlancForest Animals (voice, uncredited)

Crew

Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writers: Nathaniel Curtis Pat Costello
Producers: Pat Costello Alex Gottlieb Lou Costello
Music: Heinz Roemheld
Cinematography: George Robinson
Editing: Otho Lovering

Details

Released: April 7, 1952
Language: English
Studio: Exclusive Productions Inc.
IMDb: tt0044762