Film

The Court Jester 1955

Directed by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama

  • Music, Adventure, Comedy
  • 101 min

We asked Shakespeare and Francis Bacon would they declare which one wrote this and they both said, “Get outta here!”

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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