Description
Jack and the Beanstalk DVD 1952 Jack the Giant Killer / Directed by Jean Yarbrough / Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy Baer, Dorothy Ford, Barbara Brown
UPC 4049774483394
REGION 0 PAL DVD (ALL REGIONS)
MADE IN EU
AUDIO: GERMAN 2.0, English 2.0
TOTAL TIME: 80 minutes
German Summary:
Dinkel und Jack sollen auf den ungezogenen Donald aufpassen. Um ihn bei Laune zu halten, wollen sie ihm das Märchen von Hans und der Bohnenranke vorlesen. Dabei schläft Jack ein und träumt davon, selbst der heldenhafte Hans zu sein. Im Traum lässt er sich von Mr. Dinkelpuss magische Bohnen aufschwatzen. Einmal eingepflanzt, wächst aus den Bohnen eine riesige Bohnenranke, die bis in die Wolken führt. Jack und Dinkelpuss klettern empor und kommen zum Schloss eines bösen Riesen.
English Summary:
Mr. Dinkle and Jack (Abbott and Costello) look for work at the Cosman Employment Agency. Jack makes advances to Cosman employee Polly (Dorothy Ford), but he is thwarted by the arrival of her boyfriend, a towering police officer (Buddy Baer). Polly assigns Dinkle and Jack to babysit for Eloise Larkin's brother and infant sister, while Eloise (Shaye Cogan) and her fiancé (James Alexander) are out for the evening. The babysitting duties are complicated by the fact that Donald (David Stollery) is something of a prodigy, as well as a self-proclaimed "problem child". The dull-witted Jack is soon outclassed by the child, and an attempt to lull the boy to sleep by reading the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk (Jack's "favorite novel") aloud fails when Jack stumbles over the larger words. Bemused by Jack's incompetence, Donald reads the story instead—a role-reversal made complete when Jack falls asleep as Donald reads. In his slumber, Jack dreams that he is the young Jack of the fairy tale.
Cast / Besetzung
- Bud Abbott as Mr. Dinkle/Mr. Dinklepuss
- Lou Costello as Jack/Jack Strong
- Dorothy Ford as Polly/The housekeeper/Receptionist
- Buddy Baer as The Giant/Sgt. Riley
- Shaye Cogan as Eloise Larkin/The Princess/Darlene
- David Stollery as Donald Larkin
- James Alexander as Arthur/The Prince
- Barbara Brown as Mrs. Strong
- William Farnum as The King
- Mel Blanc as Farm Animals
- Arthur Shields as Patrick the Harp
- Johnny Conrad and the Johnny Conrad Dancers
| Directed by | Jean Yarbrough |
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| Produced by | Alex Gottlieb Pat Costello Bud Abbott Lou Costello |
| Written by | Nat Curtis Pat Costello |
| Starring | Bud Abbott Lou Costello Buddy Baer Dorothy Ford Barbara Brown |
| Music by | Heinz Roemheld |
| Cinematography | George Robinson |
| Edited by | Otho Lovering |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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80 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
