Court Jester

Court Jester1956

Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Stars: Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury, Cecil Parker
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Runtime: 101 minutes

Danny Kaye spoofs Robin Hood and Scaramouche in this inventive slapstick swashbuckler. Portraying the clownish but good-hearted entertainer Hawkins, he infiltrates the court of the corrupt Basil Rathbone (up to his usual brand of cruel villainy) dis… more »



Hawkins:
I've got it! I've got it! The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! Right?

Griselda:
Right. But there's been a change: they broke the chalice from the palace!

Hawkins:
They *broke* the chalice from the palace?

Griselda:
And replaced it with a flagon.

Hawkins:
A flagon...?

Griselda:
With the figure of a dragon.

Hawkins:
Flagon with a dragon.

Griselda:
Right.

Hawkins:
But did you put the pellet with the poison in the vessel with the pestle?

Griselda:
No! The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon! The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true!

Hawkins:
The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true.

Griselda:
Just remember that.

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