A retelling of the popular fairy tale that mixes live action and animation.A retelling of the popular fairy tale that mixes live action and animation.A retelling of the popular fairy tale that mixes live action and animation.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win total
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Ted Cassidy
- The Giant
- (voice)
Marni Nixon
- Princess Serena
- (singing voice)
Chris Allen
- Mouse
- (voice)
Dick Beals
- Jack
- (singing voice)
Leo DeLyon
- Woggle-Bird
- (voice)
Cliff Norton
- Woggle-Bird
- (voice)
Janet Waldo
- Princess Serena
- (voice)
Don Messick
- Cat
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
- Director
- Writers
- Larry Markes
- Michael Morris
- Benjamin Tabart(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- Trivia8-year-old Bobby Riha played Jack, but 39-year-old Dick Beals dubbed his singing voice.
- GoofsAs the giant picks Jeremy up, the harness holding Jeremy up is visible above him. This happens again when Jeremy is trying to open the door in order to free the goose, especially after Jeremy has let go of the door handle and is falling to the floor (at 0:45:17 on the DVD). This was done with a blue screen and harnesses.
- Quotes
Jeremy Keen, Proprietor: We must rescue her.
Jack: But how? He took the key with him.
Jeremy Keen, Proprietor: Well, it's an old saying: love laughs at locksmiths.
Jack: I don't get the joke.
Jeremy Keen, Proprietor: You will when you grow up.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera (1977)
- SoundtracksHalf Past April, and a Quarter to May
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen
Performed by Bobby Riha (dubbed by Dick Beals) and Gene Kelly
Featured review
A superior children's feature
Better than many of today's children's videos, this little gem of live action plus animation from the '60s deserves to be seen again. The Hanna-Barbera production won an Emmy when NBC first broadcast it in 1967. The principal live characters are played by Bobby Riha, as Jack, and by Gene Kelly as his adult companion. (In the original fairy tale, of course, Jack has no companion, but there are obvious reasons for including a sidekick, who in Kelly's hands becomes the main character.) The giant is a gruff but comically inept animated figure whose voice is provided by Ted Cassidy. A variety of other animated characters appear, including two hilariously weird birds who dance a tango with Kelly. All the dancing, as one might expect, is terrific, with Kelly reprising the sort of dancing-with-animation he pioneered in the 1945 film "Anchors Aweigh." The songs are by the experienced Hollywood team of Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen. As actor, singer and dancer, young Riha is a satisfying partner for Kelly. The familiar Hanna-Barbera animation may look flat and uninspired to contemporary audiences, but it does its job. Highly recommended.
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- Apr 3, 2005
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- Also known as
- Jack y la habichuela gigante
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- Runtime51 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was Jack and the Beanstalk (1967) officially released in Canada in English?
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