Film
Jack and the Beanstalk
United States- Age rating
- 11
- Director
- Jean Yarbrough
- Year
- 1952
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.
Top 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)
James Alexander
Arthur / Prince Arthur / Troubador
Johnny Conrad
Dancer
Almira Sessions
Mrs. Mergatroyd (uncredited)
Arthur Shields
Patrick the Harp (voice, uncredited)
Mel Blanc
Forest Animals (voice, uncredited)
Directed by
Jean Yarbrough
Written by
Pat Costello, Nathaniel Curtis
Produced by
Lou Costello, Alex Gottlieb
