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The Court Jester

We asked Shakespeare and Francis Bacon would they declare which one wrote this and they both said, “Get outta here!”

  • Movie
  • 1955
  • 1h 41m

Directed by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank

7.3

TMDB audience rating
7.3 out of 10 from 225 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Danny Kaye

    Danny KayeHubert Hawkins

  • Glynis Johns

    Glynis JohnsMaid Jean

  • Basil Rathbone

    Basil RathboneSir Ravenhurst

  • Angela Lansbury

    Angela LansburyPrincess Gwendolyn

  • Cecil Parker

    Cecil ParkerKing Roderick I

  • Mildred Natwick

    Mildred NatwickGriselda

  • Robert Middleton

    Robert MiddletonSir Griswold

  • Michael Pate

    Michael PateSir Locksley

  • Herbert Rudley

    Herbert RudleyCaptain of the Guard

  • Noel Drayton

    Noel DraytonFergus

  • John Carradine

    John CarradineGiacomo

  • Edward Ashley

    Edward AshleyBlack Fox

  • Alan Napier

    Alan NapierSir Brockhurst

  • Patrick Aherne

    Patrick AherneSir Pertwee

  • Lewis Martin

    Lewis MartinSir Finsdale

  • Richard KeanArchbishop

  • Leo BrittSir Bertram

  • John IrvingGate House Guard

Director
Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
Writer
Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
Music
Vic Schoen, Van Cleave and Walter Scharf
Cinematography
Ray June