The Court Jester (1955)

Name: The Court Jester
Genre: Music, Adventure, Comedy
Released: 1955-12-24
Duration: 101 min
Cast: Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury, Cecil Parker

We asked Shakespeare and Francis Bacon would they declare which one wrote this and they both said, “Get outta here!”

A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.

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Released 1955-12-24 · 101 min · Music, Adventure, Comedy

Directed by Norman Panama, Melvin Frank

Cast

Danny Kaye as Hubert Hawkins
Glynis Johns as Maid Jean
Basil Rathbone as Sir Ravenhurst
Angela Lansbury as Princess Gwendolyn
Cecil Parker as King Roderick I
Mildred Natwick as Griselda
Robert Middleton as Sir Griswold
Michael Pate as Sir Locksley
Herbert Rudley as Captain of the Guard
Noel Drayton as Fergus
John Carradine as Giacomo
Edward Ashley as Black Fox
Alan Napier as Sir Brockhurst
Patrick Aherne as Sir Pertwee
Lewis Martin as Sir Finsdale