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About
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.
Theatrical
Oct 7, 1971
Box Office
$17.9M
Budget
$20.0M
Return
0.9x
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 23, 1989
Theaters
17
Director
Writers
Producer
Music
Studio
Walt Disney Productions
Quotes
See all →The End of Fun for Charlie
Charlie
I suppose that's it. We ain't gonna have no fun no more.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Witty Discontent with Magical Transformations
Mr. Browne
Does one's nose have to twitch like this?
[after being transformed into a rabbit a second time]
Miss Price
Oh, you're back, Mr. Browne.
[not looking up from the book]
Mr. Browne
Madam, a word about your tactics - I don't mind so much being turned into a hawk or a tiger, or something with a bit of dash to it, but always a fluffy, white rabbit? It's intolerable!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →A
Angela Lansbury
Miss Price
D
David Tomlinson
Emelius
R
Roddy McDowall
Mr. Jelk
S
Sam Jaffe
Bookman
J
John Ericson
Col. Heller
B
Bruce Forsyth
Swinburne
C
Cindy O'Callaghan
Carrie
T
Tessie O'Shea
Mrs. Hobday
A
Arthur Gould-Porter
Capt. Greer
B
Ben Wrigley
Portobello Rd. Workman
R
Reginald Owen
Gen. Teagler
C
Cyril Delevanti
Elderly Farmer
R
Rick Traeger
German Sergeant
J
John Orchard
Plaster Vendor
B
Bob Holt
Codfish (voice)
L
Lennie Weinrib
Secretary Bird / Lion (voice)
D
Dal McKennon
Bear (voice)
L
Leon Alton
Soldier at Portobello Road (uncredited)
C
Conrad Bachmann
German Soldier (uncredited)
F
Frank Baker
Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
