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A Balasaur Score of 54 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 43%. Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do. Most of the 260 1950s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 18m. Streaming on Max and Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes43%
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
61 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean YarbroughDirector
- Nathaniel CurtisScreenplay
- Heinz RoemheldOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bud AbbottMr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss
- Lou CostelloJack / Jack Strong
- Buddy BaerSgt. Riley / The Giant
- Dorothy FordReceptionist / Polly
- Barbara BrownMrs. Strong
- David StolleryDonald Larkin
- William FarnumThe King
- Shaye CoganEloise Larkin / Princess Eloise (Darlene)
- James AlexanderArthur / Prince Arthur / Troubador
- Johnny ConradDancer
- Almira SessionsMrs. Mergatroyd (uncredited)
- Arthur ShieldsPatrick the Harp (voice, uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
dancingmusicalsword fightproblem childsingingbeanstalkframing devicebased on fairy taleloggiantbabysittingsupercinecolor