# The Court Jester (1955)

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**Runtime**: 101 min
**Genres**: Music, Adventure, Comedy
**Directed by**: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
**Written by**: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
**Starring**: Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury, Cecil Parker, Mildred Natwick

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

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A jester impersonator walks into a royal mess. A carnival performer masquerades as the court jester. Chaos predictably ensues.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

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