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Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

70 min · Fairy-Tale Film, Komödie, Musical, comedy film, fantasy film, musical film

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Directors

Jean Yarbrough

Cast

Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy Baer, Shaye Cogan, James Alexander, Dorothy Ford, Barbara Brown, David Stollery, William Farnum, Johnny Conrad

The story

Mr. Dinkle and Jack Strong are assigned by an employment agency to babysit an obnoxious boy named Donald. When they try to read the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" to the boy, Jack stumbles over the longer words and Donald reads the story instead.

Catalogue themes and tags

Bean, Bean Twine, Fairy Tale, Fairy-Tale Figure, Humour, Märchenwelt, Parody, Adventure, Black-and-white, Fantasy, Comedy, Drama, Family Film

Genres

Fairy-Tale Film, Komödie, Musical, comedy film, fantasy film, musical film
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