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Summary

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.

Details

Release Date: April 7, 1952

Runtime: 78 minutes

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Music

Rating: 5.6/10 (56 votes)


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Cast

  • Bud Abbott

    Bud Abbott

    Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss

  • Lou Costello

    Lou Costello

    Jack / Jack Strong

  • Buddy Baer

    Buddy Baer

    Sgt. Riley / The Giant

  • Dorothy Ford

    Dorothy Ford

    Receptionist / Polly

  • Barbara Brown

    Barbara Brown

    Mrs. Strong

  • David Stollery

    David Stollery

    Donald Larkin

  • William Farnum

    William Farnum

    The King

  • Shaye Cogan

    Shaye Cogan

    Eloise Larkin / Princess Eloise (Darlene)

  • Almira Sessions

    Almira Sessions

    Mrs. Mergatroyd (uncredited)

  • Mel Blanc

    Mel Blanc

    Farm Animals (uncredited) (voice)

  • Arthur Shields

    Arthur Shields

    Patrick the Harp (uncredited)