MOVIE: The Court Jester, 1955 STARRING: Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbon PLOT: 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 Fabulous Fifties

The Court Jester 1955 Trailer The Court Jester is a 1955 musical-comedy, medieval romance, costume drama film starring Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury and Cecil Parker. The movie was written, produced, and directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama for Paramount Pictures. It was released in Technicolor and the VistaVision widescreen format. The film centers on Hubert Hawkins, a carnival entertainer working with the Black Fox's band of rebels (a parody of Robin Hood and