Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

1968
UK
2h 25min
U

Directed by: Ken Hughes
Written by: Roald Dahl, Ken Hughes, Richard Maibaum (additional dialogue)
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Adrian Hall, Heather Ripley, Lionel Jeffries, Benny Hill

Lengthy, effects-filled children's adventure conceived in the wake of Mary Poppins' huge commercial succes but with a charm (and great songs) all of its own. Dick Van Dyke is the mad inventor whose flying car propels his children and romantic interest Howes to a far-off land of adventure.