Faerie Tale Theatre

Jack and the Beanstalk (Season 2, Episode 4)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 58 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Imaginative and creative Jack seeks adventure while trying to provide for himself and his mother. Will he ever solve the mystery of how his father died?

Director

Lamont Johnson

Writers

Mark Curtiss (teleplay) | Rod Ash (teleplay)

Producers

Shelley Duvall | Jonathan T. Taplin (as Jonathon Taplin)

Composer

Frank Serafine

Production Designer

Jefferson Eliot

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 8, 1983

Release date

Sep 8, 1983 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

12 wins & 28 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
11 cast members

Name	Known for
Dennis Christopher Jack Jack See fewer	Breaking Away (1979)
Elliott Gould The Giant The Giant See fewer	MAS*H (1970)
Jean Stapleton The Giantess The Giantess See fewer	All in the Family (1971)
Katherine Helmond Jack's Mother Jack's Mother See fewer	Soap (1977)
Mark Blankfield Strange Little Man / Fairy / Narrator Strange Little Man / Fairy / Narrator See fewer	Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
Jerry Hall The Lady of the Harp The Lady of the Harp See fewer	Batman (1989)
Lise Lang Spot the Cow Spot the Cow See fewer	Xanadu (1980)
Ty Crowley Spot the Cow Spot the Cow See fewer	The Great Outdoors (1988)
Lamont Johnson Voice of Spot (voice) Voice of Spot (voice) See fewer	Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985)
Billy Bryan The Hen Puppeteer The Hen Puppeteer See fewer	Men in Black (1997)
Shelley Duvall Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	The Shining (1980)