Jack and the Beanstalk

Plot 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.

Top Cast

Bud Abbott Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss

Lou Costello Jack / Jack Strong

Buddy Baer Sgt. Riley / The Giant

Dorothy Ford Receptionist / Polly

Barbara Brown Mrs. Strong