Ken Hughes directs Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes and Lionel Jeffries in this children’s musical fantasy about an Edwardian flying car from James Bond creator Ian Fleming.

I’ve caught chunks of this often over the years, and yet, this might just be the first time I have sat down and watched Chitty Chitty Bang Bang teeth to tits. It is overlong and shapeless. There are some catchy tunes and I have nothing but love for Dick Van Dyke but this is shamelessly a poor man’s Mary Poppins in every respect.

5

Perfect Double Bill: Bedknobs And Broomsticks (1971)

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