Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

Be happy go wacky!

NR 1952 · 78 min · ★ 5.7 · Comedy, Fantasy, Music

Two down-on-their-luck loafers take a job babysitting, with a bedtime story of the titular tale turning into a wacky Abbott and Costello-faced musical retelling involving stolen cows, terrible giants, and the heroic boy with an opportunistic butcher in a castle above the clouds.

Directed by Jean Yarbrough · Written by Pat Costello

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