Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

5.7/10 78 min Comedy Fantasy Music

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.

Cast

Bud Abbott

Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss

Lou Costello

Jack / Jack Strong

Buddy Baer

Sgt. Riley / The Giant

Dorothy Ford

Receptionist / Polly

Barbara Brown

Mrs. Strong

David Stollery

Donald Larkin

William Farnum

The King

Shaye Cogan

Eloise Larkin / Princess Eloise (Darlene)

Almira Sessions

Mrs. Mergatroyd (uncredited)

Mel Blanc

Farm Animals (uncredited) (voice)

Arthur Shields

Patrick the Harp (uncredited)

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