The Court Jester
“We asked Shakespeare and Francis Bacon would they declare which one wrote this and they both said, “Get outta here!””
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
18 people
Danny Kaye
Hubert Hawkins
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Glynis Johns
Maid Jean
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Basil Rathbone
Sir Ravenhurst
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Angela Lansbury
Princess Gwendolyn
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Cecil Parker
King Roderick I
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Mildred Natwick
Griselda
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Robert Middleton
Sir Griswold
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Michael Pate
Sir Locksley
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Hondo
Tower of London
Herbert Rudley
Captain of the Guard
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The Bravados
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Noel Drayton
Fergus
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John Carradine
Giacomo
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Edward Ashley
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Melvin Frank Director · Norman Panama Director Walter Scharf Composer
Worldwide gross $2.2M · Budget $4M · United States release January 27, 1956
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Budget
$4,000,000
Worldwide gross
$2,200,000
Gross vs. budget
0.6×
Production
Dena Enterprises
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Japan · December 24, 1955
Theatrical
United States · January 27, 1956
Theatrical
Australia
January 1, 2000 · Physical · DVD
France
May 30, 1956 · Theatrical
February 3, 2021 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Germany
August 17, 1956 · Theatrical
Netherlands
June 14, 2004 · TV · SBS 6
April 5, 2007 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
February 9, 1956 · Theatrical
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