"We asked Shakespeare and Francis Bacon would they declare which one wrote this and they both said, “Get outta here!”" 24 December 1955 Adventure, Comedy, Music 101 mins
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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Danny Kaye as Hubert Hawkins
Glynis Johns as Maid Jean
Basil Rathbone as Sir Ravenhurst
Angela Lansbury as Princess Gwendolyn
Cecil Parker as King Roderick I
Mildred Natwick as Griselda
Robert Middleton as Sir Griswold
Michael Pate as Sir Locksley
Herbert Rudley as Captain of the Guard
Noel Drayton as Fergus
John Carradine as Giacomo
Edward Ashley as Black Fox
Alan Napier as Sir Brockhurst
Lewis Martin as Sir Finsdale
Patrick Aherne as Sir Pertwee
Richard Kean as Archbishop
Vic Schoen Original Music Composer
Melvin Frank Producer
Norman Panama Screenplay
Norman Panama Director
Melvin Frank Screenplay
Norman Panama Producer
Melvin Frank Director
Van Cleave Original Music Composer
Tom McAdoo Editor
Walter Scharf Original Music Composer
Ray June Director of Photography
Edith Head Costume Design
Sammy Cahn Songs
Sylvia Fine Songs
Roland Anderson Art Direction
John Cope Sound Recordist
El bufón de la corte Trailer
Australia 01 January 2000
Germany 17 August 1956
France 03 February 2021
United Kingdom 09 February 1956
Japan 24 December 1955
Netherlands 14 June 2004
United States 27 January 1956
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