However, while transporting the child to safety, Hawkins and the Black Fox's sword-wielding lieutenant Maid Jean (Glynis Johns) encounter the newly-arrived court jester Giacomo of Italy, "king of jesters and jester of kings." Things go awry when Hawkins and Jean hatch a plan for Hawkins to take the jester's place and infiltrate Roderick's castle. Instead of giving Hawkins a sword, the Black Fox assigns him nanny duty for the royal infant. He wants "to come to grips with the enemy: face to face, steel to steel, fist to fist." But gentle Hawkins is not a fighter and everyone-everyone except the hapless Hawkins, that is-knows it. A band of outlaws led by the cunning Black Fox are working to remove Roderick and replace him with the rightful heir, the child who bears the royal birthmark on his royal bottom.Ĭarnival worker Hubert Hawkins (Danny Kaye) joined the outlaws seeking excitement. Though this 1956 flick originally bombed at the box office, over the years it has gained in popularity.Īs the movie opens, the current ruler of England, King Roderick the Tyrant, has usurped the throne after the massacre of the entire royal family-except for one surviving baby. Since tomorrow is Palm Sunday for most North American Christians, I thought I'd have my April Fools fun a day early this year, with a look at arguably the funniest movie ever made- The Court Jester. Most years, April 1 comes and goes with a few pranks to mark its passing.
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