Jack and the Beanstalk

Jean Yarbrough
1952-04-07

Be happy go wacky!
5.6
78 min

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

Name Character Team
Bud Abbott Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss Unowned
Lou Costello Jack / Jack Strong Unowned
Buddy Baer Sgt. Riley / The Giant Unowned
Dorothy Ford Receptionist / Polly Unowned
Barbara Brown Mrs. Strong Unowned
David Stollery Donald Larkin Unowned
William Farnum The King Unowned
Shaye Cogan Eloise Larkin / Princess Eloise (Darlene) Unowned
James Alexander Arthur / Prince Arthur / Troubador Unowned
Johnny Conrad Dancer Unowned
Almira Sessions Mrs. Mergatroyd (uncredited) Unowned
Mel Blanc Farm Animals (uncredited) (voice) Unowned
Arthur Shields Patrick the Harp (uncredited) Unowned