The Court Jester (1955)
Tagline:
« The Musical Romantic Adventure Of This Or Any Year! »
Actors:
Hubert Hawkins
Maid Jean
Sir Ravenhurst
Princess Gwendolyn
King Roderick I
Rating:
(15’163 votes)
(15’163 votes)
Quotes:
« 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?
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« Griselda: Right. But there's been a change: they broke the chalice from the palace!
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« Hawkins: They *broke* the chalice from the palace?
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« Griselda: And replaced it with a flagon.
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« Hawkins: A flagon…?
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« Griselda: With the figure of a dragon.
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« Hawkins: Flagon with a dragon.
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« Griselda: Right.
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« Hawkins: But did you put the pellet with the poison in the vessel with the pestle?
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« 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!
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« Hawkins: The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true.
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« Griselda: Just remember that.
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« Griselda: Listen. I have put a pellet of poison in one of the vessels.
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« Hawkins: Which one?
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« Griselda: The one with the figure of a pestle.
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« Hawkins: The vessel with the pestle?
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« Griselda: Yes. But you don't want the vessel with the pestle, you want the chalice from the palace!
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« Hawkins: I don't want the vessel with the pestle, I want the chalice from… the what?
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« Jean: The chalice from the palace!
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« Hawkins: Hmmm?
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« Griselda: It's a little crystal chalice with a figure of a palace.
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« Hawkins: The chalice from the palace has the pellet with the poison?
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« Griselda: No, the pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle.
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« Hawkins: Oh, oh, the pestle with the vessel.
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« Jean: The vessel with the pestle.
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« Hawkins: What about the palace from the chalice?
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« Griselda: Not the palace from the chalice! The chalice from the palace!
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« Hawkins: Where's the pellet with the poison?
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« Griselda: In the vessel with the pestle.
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« Griselda: The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.
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« Jean: Don't you see? The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle.
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« Griselda: The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!
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« Jean: It's so easy, I can say it.
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« Hawkins: Well then you fight him!
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« Griselda: Listen carefully. The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.
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« Hawkins: The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.
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« Jean: Good man!
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« Hubert Hawkins: [disguised as an old man] Have you seen a group in the forest?
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[Jean, pretending to be a deaf mute, makes a lot of hand gestures in response]
« Hubert Hawkins: She says, "No."
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« Captain of the Guard: What took her so long?
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« Hubert Hawkins: Stutters.
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Trailer:
Trailer
Runtime:101 minutes
Plots:
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against an evil ruler who has overthrown the rightful King.
The throne of rightful King of England, the small baby with the purple pimpernel birthmark, has been usurped by the evil King Roderick I (Cecil Parker). Only the Black Fox (Edward Ashley) can restore the true King to the throne – and all he needs is the King’s key to a secret tunnel. And while he’s trying to steal it, someone has to change the King’s diapers. The task falls to Hubert Hawkins (Danny Kaye), the gentlest member of the Fox’s band. The Fox’s Lieutenant, Maid Jean (Glynis Johns), guards Hawkins and the baby while they travel, but when they meet the King’s new jester on the road, they decide to initiate a daring plan for Hawkins to replace him, become an intimate at the court, and steal the key. So, humble Hawkins becomes Giacomo: the King of jesters and jester to the King. But things begin to get zany when the King’s daughter falls for Giacomo, the King falls for Jean, people randomly sing what are supposed to be recognition codes, and a witch with very effective spells (and poison pellets) begins to interfere.

