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Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

7,0 /10 (1,039 Votes)
1971 EN 117 min

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.

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Release date

07/10/1971

Votes

1,039

Popularity

4.2

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

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

117 min

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$17,900,000

Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

Miss Price

David Tomlinson

David Tomlinson

Emelius

Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowall

Mr. Jelk

Sam Jaffe

Sam Jaffe

Bookman

John Ericson

John Ericson

Col. Heller

Bruce Forsyth

Bruce Forsyth

Swinburne

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Cindy O'Callaghan

Carrie

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Roy Snart

Paul

Ian Weighill

Ian Weighill

Charlie

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Tessie O'Shea

Mrs. Hobday

Arthur Gould-Porter

Arthur Gould-Porter

Capt. Greer

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Ben Wrigley

Portobello Rd. Workman

Reginald Owen

Reginald Owen

Gen. Teagler

Cyril Delevanti

Cyril Delevanti

Elderly Farmer

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Rick Traeger

German Sergeant

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Manfred Lating

German Sergeant

John Orchard

John Orchard

Plaster Vendor

Bob Holt

Bob Holt

Codfish (voice)

Lennie Weinrib

Lennie Weinrib

Secretary Bird / Lion (voice)

Dal McKennon

Dal McKennon

Bear (voice)

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Leon Alton

Soldier at Portobello Road (uncredited)

Conrad Bachmann

Conrad Bachmann

German Soldier (uncredited)

Frank Baker

Frank Baker

Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

Don Barclay

Don Barclay

Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

Jack Berle

Jack Berle

Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

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Jane Betts

Spectator at Emelius' Failed Magic Performance (uncredited)

No photo

Eric Brotherson

Man (uncredited)

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Patrick Sullivan Burke

Soldier (uncredited)

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Charles Cirillo

Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

No photo

Robert Cole

Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

No photo

Patrick Dennis-Leigh

Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)

Anthony Eustrel

Anthony Eustrel

Vendor (uncredited)

Morgan Farley

Morgan Farley

Old Piano Player (uncredited)

No photo

Bobby Gilbert

Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)

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Ina Gould

Shopkeeper (uncredited)

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Ed Haskett

Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

Delos Jewkes

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)

No photo

Edith Leslie

Spectator at Emelius' Failed Magic Performance (uncredited)

No photo

Ysabel MacCloskey

Mrs. Mason (uncredited)

Arthur Malet

Arthur Malet

Mr. Widdenfield (Museum Guard) (uncredited)

No photo

George Mann

Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)

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Chris Marks

Man (uncredited)

No photo

James McInnes

Home Guard Sergeant (uncredited)

Barbara Morrison

Barbara Morrison

Vendor with Hat and Boa (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

William H. O'Brien

Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

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Richard Peel

Vendor (uncredited)

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Maria Pogee

Dancer (uncredited)

Jack Raine

Jack Raine

Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)

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Maxine Semon

Portobello Dancer (uncredited)

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Roy Smith

Dancer (uncredited)

Arthur Space

Arthur Space

Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)

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Jerry Trent

Dancer (uncredited)

Hank Worden

Hank Worden

Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)

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Gimly

Gimly

2018-03-18

⭐ 8

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 w…

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2022-11-26

⭐ 7

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 sear…

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