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Jack and the Beanstalk

1952·78 min

Jack and the Beanstalk

Directed by Jean Yarbrough

ComedyFantasyMusic

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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Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss

Jack / Jack Strong

Sgt. Riley / The Giant

Receptionist / Polly

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Nathaniel Curtis

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George Robinson

Director of Photography

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Barbara Brown

Mrs. Strong

Donald Larkin

The King

Eloise Larkin / Princess Eloise (Darlene)

James Alexander

Arthur / Prince Arthur / Troubador

Dancer

Almira Sessions

Mrs. Mergatroyd (uncredited)

Farm Animals (uncredited) (voice)

Patrick the Harp (uncredited)

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What is Jack and the Beanstalk about?

Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) is about 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.

Who directed Jack and the Beanstalk?

Jean Yarbrough directed Jack and the Beanstalk (1952).

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