Comedy ·Fantasy ·Music · United States of America · 1952 · 1h 18m

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk poster
Director
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
Crew
George Robinson — Director of Photography Otho Lovering — Editor Heinz Roemheld — Original Music Composer Nathaniel Curtis — Screenplay Pat Costello — Story Lou Costello — Producer
Tagline

Be happy go wacky!

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Jack and the Beanstalk — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
dancingmusicalsword fightproblem childsingingbeanstalkbased on fairy taleloggiantsupercinecolor
Key Collaborators
Jean Yarbrough Director George Robinson Director of Photography Otho Lovering Editor Heinz Roemheld Original Music Composer Nathaniel Curtis Screenplay Pat Costello Story Lou Costello Producer Alex Gottlieb Producer
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