3 Season
38 Episode
Producers' Showcase - Season 3 Episode 3 Jack and the Beanstalk (1957)
As the Peddler who exchanges the magic beans for Jack's cow, Cyril sang THERE ONCE WAS A BOY AND HIS NAME WAS JACK and THIS IS THE ONE about the cow. Later in the plot, Cyril and Celeste Holm, revealed as having plotted to bring Jack to the Giant's land in order for him to slay the giant, sing THE BIGGER THEY ARE THE HARDER THEY FALL. This production seemed heavily influenced by the 1939 WIZARD OF OZ, in that everything turned out to be a dream, and the characters Jack met in the Giant's land were played mainly by the same actors he knew in his hometown, Billy Gilbert appearing as both the town bully and the giant.
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- Genre : Comedy, Drama
- Studio : NBC
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- Cast : Paul Newman, John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Jessica Tandy, Cyril Ritchard, Eva Marie Saint
