Jack and the Beanstalk
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.
At a glance
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United States of America
Ratings
TMDB users
5.7/10
57 votes
Rating consensus
57/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~57/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
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)
Mel Blanc
Farm Animals (uncredited) (voice)
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Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
Jean Yarbrough
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