Jack and the Beanstalk
Be happy go wacky!
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.
- Director
- Jean Yarbrough
- Signature
- Wonder · Craft · Humour
Who's in it
Cast
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13 billed performers
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What It's About
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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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Box Office & Release
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- Release date
- Apr 7, 1952
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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