The Court Jester Movie Review
The Court Jester Review
"The Court Jester" Overview
Rating: NR
1956
Cast and Crew
Director : Melvin Frank,Norman PanamaProducer : Melvin Frank,Norman Panama
Screenwiter : Melvin Frank,Norman Panama
Starring : Danny Kaye,Glynis Johns,Basil Rathbone,Angela Lansbury,Cecil Parker,Mildred Natwick,Robert Middleton,Michael Pate
Pleasant, though not particularly challenging, The Court Jester deconstructs and spoofs the swashbuckler movie with Danny Kaye as a hapless Robin Hood wannabe who stumbles his way into the court of the usurper of the crown. The film has a few classic moments, namely the famous, slapstick bit which begins, "The pellet with the poison is in the vessel with the pestle." Ah, what a knave...
Reviewer: Christopher Null
