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Jack and the Beanstalk

Be happy go wacky!
Apr 7, 1952 · 1h 18m
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Comedy
Fantasy
Music

PLOT

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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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)
Directed by Jean Yarbrough

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$682,580
Revenue
$3,200,000
Production
Exclusive Productions Inc.
Country
US

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