Jack and the Beanstalk
Be happy go wacky!
1952 · 1h 18m · Approved
Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Directed by
Jean Yarbrough
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Jack and the Beanstalk
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.
Director and cast
- Jean Yarbrough Director
- Bud Abbott as Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss
- Lou Costello as Jack / Jack Strong
- Buddy Baer as Sgt. Riley / The Giant
- Shaye Cogan as Eloise / Princess Eloise / Darlene
- Dorothy Ford as Receptionist / Polly
- Barbara Brown as Mrs. Strong
- David Stollery as Donald Larkin
- William Farnum as The King
- James Alexander Cast
- Almira Sessions Cast
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