The Court Jester (1956)

The Flagon with the Dragon

Griselda (Mildred Natwick) tells Hawkins (Danny Kaye) there’s been a mistake: the pellet with the poison’s no longer in the vessel with the pestle, but in the flagon with the dragon.

Directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama.

© Paramount 2013

Released in 1956 by Paramount.

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  • editors-choice: Dirty Tricks
  • primary-genre: Comedy
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  • secondary-occasion: Good Luck
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  • prop: Cup
  • prop: Poison
  • prop: Armor
  • prop: Helmet
  • setting: Castle
  • theme: Deception
  • theme: Risk
  • actor: Mildred Natwick
  • actor: Glynis Johns
  • actor: Danny Kaye
  • actor: Robert Middleton
  • actor: Angela Lansbury
  • actor: Basil Rathbone
  • actor: Michael Pate
  • actor: Cecil Parker
  • director: Melvin Frank
  • director: Norman Panama
  • producer: Melvin Frank
  • producer: Danny Kaye
  • producer: Norman Panama
  • producer: Sylvia Fine
  • cinematographer: Ray June
  • composer: Vic Schoen
  • composer: Walter Scharf
  • editor: Tom McAdoo
  • costume-designer: Edith Head
  • costume-designer: Yvonne Wood
  • role-name: Sir Locksley
  • role-name: Griselda
  • role-name: Sir Griswold
  • role-name: Sir Ravenhurst
  • role-name: Princess Gwendolyn
  • role-name: Hubert Hawkins
  • role-name: King Roderick I
  • role-name: Maid Jean
  • screenwriter: Norman Panama
  • screenwriter: Melvin Frank
  • year: 1956
  • studio: Paramount

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