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.
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
David Stollery
Donald Larkin
William Farnum
The King
Shaye Cogan
Eloise Larkin / Princess Eloise (Darlene)
James Alexander
Arthur / Prince Arthur / Troubador
Johnny Conrad
Dancer
Almira Sessions
Mrs. Mergatroyd (uncredited)
Mel Blanc
Farm Animals (uncredited) (voice)
Arthur Shields
Patrick the Harp (uncredited)
Crew
Jean Yarbrough
Director
Nathaniel Curtis
Screenplay
Pat Costello
Story, Executive Producer
Otho Lovering
Editor
George Robinson
Director of Photography
Alex Gottlieb
Producer
Lou Costello
Producer
Lillian Shore
Hairstylist
Abe Haberman
Makeup Artist
Carl Lee
Special Effects
Jack R. Glass
Visual Effects
Heinz Roemheld
Original Music Composer
Raoul Kraushaar
Music Supervisor
Lester Lee
Songs
Bob Russell
Songs
Fred M. MacLean
Set Decoration
McClure Capps
Art Direction
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