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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!”

1955 · 1h 41m

Directed by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank

7.3

TMDB audience score
225 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

  • Danny Kaye
    Hubert Hawkins

  • Glynis Johns
    Maid Jean

  • Basil Rathbone
    Sir Ravenhurst

  • Angela Lansbury
    Princess Gwendolyn

  • Cecil Parker
    King Roderick I

  • Mildred Natwick
    Griselda

  • Robert Middleton
    Sir Griswold

  • Michael Pate
    Sir Locksley

  • Herbert Rudley
    Captain of the Guard

  • Noel Drayton
    Fergus

  • John Carradine
    Giacomo

  • Edward Ashley
    Black Fox

  • Alan Napier
    Sir Brockhurst

  • Patrick Aherne
    Sir Pertwee

  • Lewis Martin
    Sir Finsdale

  • Richard Kean
    Archbishop

  • Leo Britt
    Sir Bertram

  • John Irving
    Gate House Guard