Bedknobs and Broomsticks

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)

G 1971-10-07 (US) Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Family, Music, Animation 1h 57m

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You'll beWITCHED! You'll beDAZZLED! You'll be swept into a world of enchantment BEYOND ANYTHING BEFORE!

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Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.

Robert Stevenson

Director
Mary Norton

Novel
Don DaGradi

Screenplay
Bill Walsh

Screenplay
Ralph Wright

Story
Ted Berman

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Angela Lansbury

Miss Price
David Tomlinson

Emelius
Roddy McDowall

Mr. Jelk
Sam Jaffe

Bookman
John Ericson

Col. Heller
Bruce Forsyth

Swinburne
Cindy O'Callaghan

Carrie
Roy Snart

Paul
Ian Weighill

Charlie
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It's very much in the vein of "Mary Poppins" (1964) this, with a very similar style of live-action and animated sequences used to tell a slightly more menacing story. When three siblings arrive in a rural English village, evacuated from London during the Blitz of WWII, they are placed with the rather eccentric and definitely unwilling "Miss Price" (Angela Lansbury). Things start to look up for all concerned though when the kids discover that she is a trainee witch, and when they meet "Emelius" (David Tomlinson) they embark on some adventures using their magical bed as their vehicle in the searc... read the rest.

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