You'll beWITCHED! You'll beDAZZLED! You'll be swept into a world of enchantment BEYOND ANYTHING BEFORE!
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.
- 7.0
- 1971
- Released
- 1h 57m
Angela Lansbury
Miss Price
David Tomlinson
Emelius
Roddy McDowall
Mr. Jelk
Sam Jaffe
Bookman
John Ericson
Col. Heller
Bruce Forsyth
Swinburne
Cindy O'Callaghan
CarrieRoy Snart
Paul
Ian Weighill
Charlie
Tessie O'Shea
Mrs. Hobday
Arthur Gould-Porter
Capt. GreerBen Wrigley
Portobello Rd. Workman
Reginald Owen
Gen. Teagler
Cyril Delevanti
Elderly FarmerRick Traeger
German SergeantManfred Lating
German Sergeant
John Orchard
Plaster Vendor
Bob Holt
Codfish (voice)
Lennie Weinrib
Secretary Bird / Lion (voice)
Dal McKennon
Bear (voice)Leon Alton
Soldier at Portobello Road (uncredited)
Conrad Bachmann
German Soldier (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
Don Barclay
Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
Jack Berle
Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)Jane Betts
Spectator at Emelius' Failed Magic Performance (uncredited)Eric Brotherson
Man (uncredited)Patrick Sullivan Burke
Soldier (uncredited)Charles Cirillo
Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)Robert Cole
Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)Patrick Dennis-Leigh
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
Anthony Eustrel
Vendor (uncredited)
Morgan Farley
Old Piano Player (uncredited)Bobby Gilbert
Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)Ina Gould
Shopkeeper (uncredited)Ed Haskett
Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
Delos Jewkes
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)Sid Kane
Book Vendor (uncredited)Ed Kerrigan
Dancer (uncredited)Milt Larsen
Spectator at Emelius' Failed Magic Performance (uncredited)Edith Leslie
Spectator at Emelius' Failed Magic Performance (uncredited)Ysabel MacCloskey
Mrs. Mason (uncredited)
Arthur Malet
Mr. Widdenfield (Museum Guard) (uncredited)George Mann
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)Chris Marks
Man (uncredited)James McInnes
Home Guard Sergeant (uncredited)
Barbara Morrison
Vendor with Hat and Boa (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)Richard Peel
Vendor (uncredited)Maria Pogee
Dancer (uncredited)
Jack Raine
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)Maxine Semon
Portobello Dancer (uncredited)Roy Smith
Dancer (uncredited)
Arthur Space
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)Jerry Trent
Dancer (uncredited)
Hank Worden
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
Released
en
$20,000,000.00
$17,900,000.00
- #witch
- #flying
- #nazi
- #world war ii
- #knight
- #live action and animation
- #children in wartime
- #farmer's market
Reviews
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