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The Court Jester
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.
1955 · Directed by Melvin Frank · 101 min · Music · Adventure · Comedy · 21 frames
Tagline
We asked Shakespeare and Francis Bacon would they declare which one wrote this and they both said, “Get outta here!”
Crew
- Screenplay: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
- Cinematography: Ray June
- Edited by: Tom McAdoo
- Music: Vic Schoen, Walter Scharf, Van Cleave
- Produced by: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Cast
- Danny Kaye as Hubert Hawkins
- Glynis Johns as Maid Jean
- Basil Rathbone as Sir Ravenhurst
- Angela Lansbury as Princess Gwendolyn
- Cecil Parker as King Roderick I
- Mildred Natwick as Griselda
- Robert Middleton as Sir Griswold
- Michael Pate as Sir Locksley
- Herbert Rudley as Captain of the Guard
- Noel Drayton as Fergus
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Dena Enterprises, Paramount Pictures
- Budget: $4,000,000
- Themes: witch, england, sword, hypnosis, fool
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