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The Court Jester (1955)
Directed by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
“We asked Shakespeare and Francis Bacon would they declare which one wrote this and they both said, “Get outta here!””
Music, Adventure, Comedy · 1h 41m
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.
Cast
Danny Kaye
Hubert Hawkins
Glynis Johns
Maid Jean
Basil Rathbone
Sir Ravenhurst
Angela Lansbury
Princess Gwendolyn
Cecil Parker
King Roderick I
Mildred Natwick
Griselda
Robert Middleton
Sir Griswold
Michael Pate
Sir Locksley
Herbert Rudley
Captain of the Guard
Noel Drayton
Fergus
John Carradine
Giacomo
Edward Ashley
Black Fox
Crew
- Director
- Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
- Screenplay
- Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
- Director of Photography
- Ray June
- Original Music Composer
- Vic Schoen, Walter Scharf, Van Cleave
- Editor
- Tom McAdoo
- Producer
- Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Details
- Release date
- 1955-12-24
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Music, Adventure, Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Dena Enterprises, Paramount Pictures
- Budget
- $4,000,000