The Court Jester is a 1956 musical-comedy film starring Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, and Angela Lansbury. The movie was co-written, co-directed, and co-produced by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama. The film was released by Paramount Pictures in Technicolor and in the VistaVision widescreen format. Danny Kaye received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture Actor - Comedy/Musical. Made for a cost of $4 million in the fall of 1955, it was the most expensive comedy film produced at the time. The motion picture bombed at the box-office on its release, bringing in only $2.2... million in receipts the following winter and spring of 1956. Since then, it has become a television matinee favorite. The film contains the famous exchange: "The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!" . In 2000, The Court Jester was listed at #98 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Years 100 Laughs.
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| Release date: | January 27, 1956 |
| Directed by: | Melvin Frank, Norman Panama |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 101 Minutes |
| Producer: | Melvin Frank, Norman Panama |
| Music by: | Walter Scharf |
| Screenplay by: | Melvin Frank, Norman Panama |
| Estimated budget: | $4,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Musical, Adventure, Action |