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Overview
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Writers:
Nathaniel Curtis (screenplay)
Pat Costello (story)
Release Date:
12 April 1952 (USA) more
Tagline:
It's a giant sized joy! more
Plot:
Abbott & Costello's version of the famous fairy tale, about a young boy who trades the family cow for magic beans. | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(9 articles)
News: Colin Baker in Panto
(From Kasterborous. 28 September 2009, 1:58 PM, PDT)
Bryan Singer On "Jack The Giant Killer"
(From OhMyGore. 23 September 2009, 4:22 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
Wonderful bean-planting more (30 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Bud Abbott | ... | Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss |
| Lou Costello | ... | Jack / Jack Strong |
| Buddy Baer | ... | Sgt. Riley / The Giant |
| Shaye Cogan | ... | Eloise / Princess Eloise / Darlene |
| James Alexander | ... | Arthur / Prince Arthur / Troubador |
| Dorothy Ford | ... | Receptionist / Polly |
| Barbara Brown | ... | Mrs. Strong |
| David Stollery | ... | Donald |
| William Farnum | ... | The King |
| Johnny Conrad | ... | Dancer |
Additional Details
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Runtime:
70 min | Argentina:75 min | 78 min (TCM print) | USA:82 min (restored version)
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Color:
Black and White (Sepiatone) | Color (Supercinecolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G (original rating) | Australia:PG (alternate rating) | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:Btl | UK:U
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Trivia:
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello made an independent, two-picture deal in which they agreed that this was to be "Lou's film" and the next to be "Bud's". They retained individual ownership of the respective films. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the scene where Jack mistakes the Giant's shadow for his own, the shadow is directly in front of him. When the camera angle shifts to a side view of Jack and the Giant, their shadows are off to their right sides and cast much smaller. more
Quotes:
Villager: [the two women watch as Jack climbs the beanstalk, then the villager turns to the tearful mother] "Don't worry, Mrs Strong. He won't be back." more
Movie Connections:
Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V) more
Soundtrack:
I Fear Nothing more
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I turn to this movie when I'm feeling down. My 5-year old niece (with no prompting from me) prefers it to any Disney you care to name. It's one of those movies that's so bad it's brilliant. And why Jack's Mother's line, uttered in sheer frustration, "Plant the Beans, Jack!" has not become a revered movie catchphrase I'll never know. I always shout "Plant the Beans, Jack!" at the Kiefer Sutherland character in "24", especially when he's a little slow on the uptake. Abbott and Costello's "Jack and the Beanstalk" is a little gem and does not deserve the criticism levelled at it on IMDB. The humour may be basic, the characters may be of the cardboard variety, but the director has managed to create a special little world that children and adults can enjoyable enter .