Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971, G, 117 min.
Directed by Robert Stevenson, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe.

Oscar-winning special effects and animation sequences by Ward Kimball make this musical fantasy a perennial favorite. The story tells of the triumph of a rookie witch and some foster children who save Great Britain from the Nazis.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.