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.
The Court Jester is of 1 hour(s) and 41 minute(s). It is Produced By: Dena Enterprises, Paramount. It was released on 1955-12-24. It has the tagline: We asked Shakespeare and Francis Bacon would they declare which one wrote this and they both said, “Get outta here!” It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
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