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Bedknobs and Broomsticks

    Adventure
    Fantasy
    Comedy
    Family
    Music
    Animation
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Oct 7, 1971
Rated G

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.

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  • Directors
  • Revenue$17,900,000
  • Budget
    $20,000,000
  • Vote Average
    7.0
  • Vote Count
    947
  • Popularity
    24
  • Language
    English
  • Origin Country
    US

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    • 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)

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    Reviews

    (2)
    Gimly
    80%
    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 with modern technology. So long as it kept the vibe and setting of the original. _Final rating:★★★★ - Very strong appeal. A personal favourite._
    CinemaSerf
    70%
    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 search for the missing part of a substitutiary locomotion spell that might just thwart the Nazis. As with "Poppins", the music and lyrics come from the Sherman twins and "Beautiful Briny" and "Portobello Road" are probably the two best from their not so catchy soundtrack this time. Lansbury and Tomlinson work well together with the former on good form as the ostensibly prim and proper, but actually quite feisty and mischievous would-be witch. The three youngsters also perform well, especially the youngest "Paul" (Roy Snart) who just won't let anyone else near the knob that controls the bed! A smattering of familiar faces help to keep the story bobbing along nicely and the animations, tough not so frequent as I would have liked, blend in well with some fun action scenes - especially at the end - and make for an enjoyable, feel-good, family movie.