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In this film, a character improvises a story about “the Duke with his dagger, the Doge with his dart, the Duchess with her dirk.” Scheming in this film generally ends with the exchange “get it?—got it.—good.” (15[2])A character in this film swings on a vine into the chambers of a moody princess after being hypnotized by a witch. This film climaxes with the last onscreen swordfight of Basil Rathbone. In this film, an infant with a flower-shaped birthmark on his buttock is protected by the (*) Black Fox. Before a duel, the title character of this film is told to remember, “the pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.” For 10 points, in what slapstick swashbuckler does Danny Kaye impersonate an entertainer to the king? ■END■ (0[2])

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