Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Age rating
- U
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.
- witch
- england
- sword
- hypnosis
- fool
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Danny Kaye
Hubert Hawkins
Glynis Johns
Maid Jean
Basil Rathbone
Sir Ravenhurst
Angela Lansbury
Princess Gwendolyn
- Cecil Parker — King Roderick I
- Mildred Natwick — Griselda
- Robert Middleton — Sir Griswold
- Michael Pate — Sir Locksley
- Herbert Rudley — Captain of the Guard
- Noel Drayton — Fergus
- John Carradine — Giacomo
- Edward Ashley — Black Fox
- Alan Napier — Sir Brockhurst
- Patrick Aherne — Sir Pertwee
- Lewis Martin — Sir Finsdale
- Directed
- Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
- Written
- Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 218 ratings
- Studio
- Dena Enterprises, Paramount Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
