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The Court Jester

Angela Lansbury, Basil Rathbone, Cecil Parker, Danny Kaye, Edward Ashley

Danny Kaye spoofs medieval swashbucklers in this classic musical comedy. While the infant King of England awaits his rightful place as leader of the British Empire, his rule is usurped by Roderick (Ce...( read more  read more... )cil Parker), an evil pretender to the throne. Brave rebel leader The Black Fox (Edward Ashley) intends to remove Roderick from the palace and bring the crown back to its true owner, but in the meantime the baby king needs to be looked after, which is the job of a man named Hawkins (Kaye). The Black Fox travels with the little king and his rebels as they search for the key to a secret tunnel that will allow them passage into the castle. Maid Jean (Glynis Johns), one of the rebels, meets a man en route to the Castle who is to be Roderick's new jester. The rebels quickly hatch a plan: detain the jester and send Hawkins in his place; the king can then find the key and initiate the overthrow. Hawkins is able to persuade Roderick and his men that he is indeed a jester, but his espionage work gets complicated when Princess Gwendolyn (Angela Lansbury) falls in love with him, and he runs afoul of Sir Ravenhurst (Basil Rathbone), the evil genius behind Roderick. Court Jester features Kaye's famous Pellet with the Poison routine.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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  • moonrivers
    July 18, 2007
    moonrivers
    the tongue twisters in one scene will keep you in stitches for awhile
  • garyX
    July 14, 2007
    garyX
    Good natured vaudevillean slapstick swashbuckler from the old school, Danny Kaye was one of my favourites as a kid. It probably all looks very lame in today's cynical times, but I'd like to see it again for old times' sake.
  • smith44
    September 7, 2006
    smith44
    The Court Jester is a comic classic, with its hillarious plot, take off of the medieval genre and manic performance by the great comedian Danny Kaye. A garrenteed barrel of laughs that the whole family can enjoy. Get it, got it, good.
  • Drewbacca
    April 7, 2006
    Drewbacca
    "The pellet with the poison is in the vessel with the pessel. The chalice with the palace is the brew that is true."
  • hawkledge
    May 26, 2009
    hawkledge
    Wonderfully deconstructing the swashbuckler genre, poking fun at the films of Errol Flynn in particular, and featuring one of Danny Kaye's best performances, a catalogue of satirical delights, highlighted by Kaye's "pellet with the Poison" bit.
  • mochizukisan
    December 17, 2009
    mochizukisan
    One of my favorites, if for the "vessel with the pestle" routine alone. Silly Danny Kaye fun.
  • Yelverton
    November 13, 2009
    Yelverton
    You'll laugh your socks off!
  • Kabibi1437od
    July 22, 2009
    Kabibi1437od
    The Court Jester is a fun filled adventure for the whole family, and since I'm writing a review I give it 10 stars and 2 thumbs way up.
  • Conny1986
    July 13, 2009
    Conny1986
    I REALLY like it! Specially this wonderfull scene, in which Kaye is explaining why he had to became a jester by a song.
  • bencrumb
    March 28, 2009
    bencrumb
    They don't make 'em like this anymore!?!
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