Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

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

Be happy go wacky!

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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Released 1952-04-07 · 78 min · Comedy, Fantasy, Music

Directed by Jean Yarbrough

Cast

Bud Abbott as Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss
Lou Costello as Jack / Jack Strong
Buddy Baer as Sgt. Riley / The Giant
Dorothy Ford as Receptionist / Polly
Barbara Brown as Mrs. Strong
David Stollery as Donald Larkin
William Farnum as The King
Shaye Cogan as Eloise Larkin / Princess Eloise (Darlene)
James Alexander as Arthur / Prince Arthur / Troubador
Johnny Conrad as Dancer
Almira Sessions as Mrs. Mergatroyd (uncredited)
Arthur Shields as Patrick the Harp (voice, uncredited)
Mel Blanc as Forest Animals (voice, uncredited)