Mixed feelings about this movie. Wonderful cast and acting. Great cinematography and fun costume design. As for the story and choreography and singing: The scene in the woods early on with the bandits is beautifully choreographed. Then there are long scenes of singing or drawn-out jokes / situations, that are painfully long to sit through. Early in the movie, the scenes in the castle with the royalty is strong theatre-style acting.
— Rebecca ( )

I loved this film, years ago, when I saw it on television with my father. So I was delighted when it finally came out on DVD. This film shows Danny Kaye at his best, as the naive court jester, caught up in a dastardly plot.

There are some classic moments, such as the 'flagon with the dragon' and the 'chalice from the palace', and also the speeded-up knight-making process.

Very enjoyable if you don't mind silliness and some slapstick, with innuendoes which I'm sure I didn't notice as a child. ( )

A jester infiltrates the castle of an evil king.

3/4 (Good).

Goofy fun. The songs, except when there are jokes, are bad. But just about everything else about this movie is weirdly good. ( )

Bought this after seeing a YouTube clip of "the greatest swordfight in films" - lives up to the billing.
The schticks are vaudeville, and the plot flimsy, but the switches and persiflage are still entertaining.
Kaye sings several pleasant but forgettable songs.
Kind of fun to see all of our "mature' actresses and actors back when the were the ingenues & studmuffins. ( )