Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

5.6 Rating1952-04-07Comedy, Fantasy, Music

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.

Cast

Bud Abbott

Bud Abbott

as Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss

Lou Costello

Lou Costello

as Jack / Jack Strong

Buddy Baer

Buddy Baer

as Sgt. Riley / The Giant

Dorothy Ford

Dorothy Ford

as Receptionist / Polly

Barbara Brown

Barbara Brown

as Mrs. Strong

David Stollery

David Stollery

as Donald Larkin

William Farnum

William Farnum

as The King

Shaye Cogan

Shaye Cogan

as Eloise Larkin / Princess Eloise (Darlene)

James Alexander

James Alexander

as Arthur / Prince Arthur / Troubador

Johnny Conrad

Johnny Conrad

as Dancer