Bedknobs and Broomsticks poster

Bedknobs and Broomsticks( 1971)

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

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Angela Lansbury

      Miss Price

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      David Tomlinson

      Emelius

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      Roddy McDowall

      Mr. Jelk

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      Sam Jaffe

      Bookman

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      John Ericson

      Col. Heller

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      Bruce Forsyth

      Swinburne

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      Cindy O'Callaghan

      Carrie

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      Roy Snart

      Paul

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      Ian Weighill

      Charlie

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      Tessie O'Shea

      Mrs. Hobday

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      Arthur Gould-Porter

      Capt. Greer

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      Ben Wrigley

      Portobello Rd. Workman

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      Reginald Owen

      Gen. Teagler

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      Cyril Delevanti

      Elderly Farmer

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      Rick Traeger

      German Sergeant

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      Manfred Lating

      German Sergeant

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      John Orchard

      Plaster Vendor

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      Bob Holt

      Codfish (voice)

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      Lennie Weinrib

      Secretary Bird / Lion (voice)

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      Dal McKennon

      Bear (voice)

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      Leon Alton

      Soldier at Portobello Road (uncredited)

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      Conrad Bachmann

      German Soldier (uncredited)

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      Frank Baker

      Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

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      Don Barclay

      Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

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      Jack Berle

      Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

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      Jane Betts

      Spectator at Emelius' Failed Magic Performance (uncredited)

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      Eric Brotherson

      Man (uncredited)

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      Patrick Sullivan Burke

      Soldier (uncredited)

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      Charles Cirillo

      Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

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      Robert Cole

      Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

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      Patrick Dennis-Leigh

      Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)

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      Anthony Eustrel

      Vendor (uncredited)

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      Morgan Farley

      Old Piano Player (uncredited)

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      Bobby Gilbert

      Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)

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      Ina Gould

      Shopkeeper (uncredited)

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      Ed Haskett

      Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

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      Delos Jewkes

      Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)

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      Sid Kane

      Book Vendor (uncredited)

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      Ed Kerrigan

      Dancer (uncredited)

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      Milt Larsen

      Spectator at Emelius' Failed Magic Performance (uncredited)

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      Edith Leslie

      Spectator at Emelius' Failed Magic Performance (uncredited)

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      Ysabel MacCloskey

      Mrs. Mason (uncredited)

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      Arthur Malet

      Mr. Widdenfield (Museum Guard) (uncredited)

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      George Mann

      Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)

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      Chris Marks

      Man (uncredited)

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      James McInnes

      Home Guard Sergeant (uncredited)

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      Barbara Morrison

      Vendor with Hat and Boa (uncredited)

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      William H. O'Brien

      Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

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      Richard Peel

      Vendor (uncredited)

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      Maria Pogee

      Dancer (uncredited)

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      Jack Raine

      Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)

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      Maxine Semon

      Portobello Dancer (uncredited)

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      Roy Smith

      Dancer (uncredited)

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      Arthur Space

      Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)

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      Jerry Trent

      Dancer (uncredited)

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      Hank Worden

      Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 2Discussion

    A review by Gimly

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    Written by Gimly on Sun Mar 18 2018
    When I was younger, I used to spend a lot of my life alone in a studio with one of those tiny little 15cm TVs you wouldn't be caught dead with nowadays, plugged in to a VCR player, and exactly three movies on VHS. One of those three movies (the best of those three) was _Bedknobs and Broomsticks_. I watched it multiple times a day, every day, for months at a time. A period piece musical that saw orphans and their witch-friend get an army of sentient suits of armour to fight the Nazis... Is it any bloody wonder I turned out the way I did? Great movie though. Wouldn't kill me to see a remake wi...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    20000000.00

    Revenue

    17900000.00

    Keywords

    • witch
    • flying
    • nazi
    • world war ii
    • knight
    • live action and animation
    • children in wartime
    • farmer's market