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Cast

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Dick Van Dyke

Caractacus Potts

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Sally Ann Howes

Truly Scrumptious

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Lionel Jeffries

Grandpa Potts

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Gert Fröbe

Baron Bomburst

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Anna Quayle

Baroness Bomburst

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Benny Hill

Toymaker

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James Robertson Justice

Lord Scrumptious

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Robert Helpmann

Child Catcher

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Davy Kaye

Admiral

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Bernard Spear

Second Spy

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Stanley Unwin

Chancellor

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Peter Arne

Captain of Guard

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Heather Ripley

Jemima Potts

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Adrian Hall

Jeremy Potts

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Desmond Llewelyn

George Coggins

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Arthur Mullard

Cyril, Big Man

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Felix Felton

Minister

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Monti DeLyle

Minister

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Larry Taylor

Lieutenant

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Max Bacon

Orchestra Leader

Max Wall profile

Max Wall

Inventor

John Heawood profile

John Heawood

Inventor

Details

Status

Released

Original language

en

Countries

GB

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$7,500,445

Reviews

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A review by John Chard 8

September 6, 2014

Fantasmagorical!

Based on the novel written by James Bond creator Ian Flemming, this delightful fantasy charts the journey into the mysteriously childless world of Vulgaria by Caractacus Potts, his two children, Truly Scrumptious and super car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

I think the main thing that makes this film work so well is that it has a little of everything to make a successful family movie. Catchy tunes at every turn, a fairy tale kingdom awash with colour, bonkers technolo...

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A review by CinemaSerf 7

April 13, 2022

This was never my favourite musical as child, but as I get older I think I appreciate it more. Sure, it has it's cheesy moments, but there is genuine chemistry between the characters on display here and coupled with some superbly catchy - and often poignant - lyrics from the Sherman twins, we are presented with a really quite enjoyable fable. The Potts family live in a dilapidated farmhouse. Grandfather (Lionel Jeffries); the well meaning but hopeless inventor of a father "Caractacus...

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