'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', from the book by Bond creator Ian Fleming and adapted for the screen by Roald Dahl, is the wonderful family film starring Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts, an eccentric inventor who designs an extraordinary car that not only drives but flies and floats. Along with his two children Jemima (Heather Ripley) and Jeremy (Adrian Hall), and the beautiful Truly Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes), Caractacus and Chitty lead everyone into a magical world of pirates, castles and endless adventure.
Directed by
Ken Hughes
Written by
Ian Fleming (novel) (uncredited); Roald Dahl (screenplay); Ken Hughes (screenplay); Richard Maibaum (additional dialogue).
Starring
Dick Van Dyke (Caractacus Potts); Sally Ann Howes (Truly Scrumptious); Lionel Jeffries (Grandpa Potts); Gert Fröbe (Baron Bomburst (as Gert Frobe)); Anna Quayle (Baroness Bomburst); Benny Hill (Toymaker); James Robertson Justice (Lord Scrumptious); Robert Helpmann (Child Catcher); Heather Ripley (Jemima); Adrian Hall (Jeremy); Barbara Windsor (Blonde); Davy Kaye (Admiral); Alexander Doré (First Spy (as Alexander Dore)); Bernard Spear (Second Spy); Stanley Unwin (Chancellor). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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