Directed by Ken Hughes   Written by Ian Fleming   Roald Dahl   Ken Hughes   Richard Maibaum   Cast Dick Van Dyke ... Caractacus Potts Sally Ann Howes ... Truly Scrumptious Lionel Jeffries ... Grandpa Potts Gert Fröbe ... Baron Bomburst (as Gert Frobe) Anna Quayle ... Baroness Bomburst Benny Hill ... Toymaker James Robertson Justice ... Lord Scrumptious Robert Helpmann ... Child Catcher Heather Ripley ... Jemima Adrian Hall ... Jeremy Barbara Windsor ... Blonde Davy Kaye ... Admiral Alexander Doré ... First Spy (as Alexander Dore) Bernard Spear ... Second Spy Stanley Unwin ... Chancellor Peter Arne ... Captain of Guard Desmond Llewelyn ... Coggins Victor Maddern ... Junkman Arthur Mullard ... Big Man Ross Parker ... Chef Gerald Campion ... Minister Felix Felton ... Minister Monti DeLyle ... Minister (as Monti de Lyle) Totti Truman Taylor ... Duchess Larry Taylor ... Lieutenant Max Bacon ... Orchestra Leader Max Wall ... Inventor John Heawood ... Inventor Michael Darbyshire ... Inventor Kenneth Waller ... Inventor Gerald Taylor ... Inventor Eddie Davis ... Inventor Uncredited Cast Robert Arditti ... Dancer Vic Armstrong ... Cavalry Guard at Cannon Michael Audreson ... Peter Theo Aygar ... 4th Minister John Baskcomb ... Castle Chef Roy Beck ... Grand Prix Spectator Jimmy Berriman ... Child in Castle Eunice Black ... Courtier Bill Brandon ... 'Test your Strength' Attendant Daniel Brown ... Townsman Phil Collins ... Vulgarian Child Tim Condren ... Cavalry Guard Sadie Corre ... Field Worker John Corrie ... Soldier John Crocker ... Under Chef Cyril Cross ... Minister Dan Darnelli ... Man in the Sweet Factory Gabrielle Daye ... Lady-in-Waiting Liz English   Ernest Fennemore ... Man at Fair Harry Fielder ... Soldier at Castle Henry Gibson ... Dancer Gary Graham ... Child in Castle Carson Green ... Urchin Kay Hamilton ... 3rd Duchess Miranda Hampton ... Scullery Maid John Hicks ... Boy Robert Jenner ... Field Worker Nigel Kingsley ... Child in Castle Teddy Kiss Atom ... Minor Role George Leech ... Chitty's original driver Jim Machin ... Child Mary Maxfield ... Lady at the Fair Connel Miles ... Dancer Roy Murray ... Fairground Barker Grace Newcombe ... 2nd Duchess Dickie Owen ... Major Domo Paul Phillips ... Soldier Dido Plumb ... Townsman Colin Rix ... Chauffeur Jessie Robins ... Pastry Cook Joseph Ross ... Child in Castle Peter Ross ... Child in Castle Janette Rowsell ... Scullery Maid John Ruddock ... Minister of Finance Gary Smith ... Boy Hugh Spight ... Background Ian Spofforth ... Minor Role Reg Thomason ... Castle Guest Margot Travers ... Dancer Rosetta Tropea ... Child at the Fair Richard Wattis ... Secretary at Sweet Factory Jeannette Wild ... Minor Role Freddie Wilson ... Boy Bob Wright ... Grand Prix Official Produced by Albert R. Broccoli   Stanley Sopel   Original Music by Richard M. Sherman   Robert B. Sherman   Irwin Kostal

Additional Info Premiere: December 12, 1968 Theatrical Release: December 17, 1968 DVD Release: November 10, 1998 Blu-ray Release: November 02, 2010 Countries: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Dramatic Features (A Warfield - D.F.I. Picture) Warfield (Warfield Productions) (made by) Distributors United Artists   (1968) (United States) (released thru) (theatrical) CBS   (1972) (United States) (TV) VidAmerica   (1980) (United States) (VHS) Magnetic Video   (1981) (United States) (video) CBS/Fox   (1983) (United States) (video) CBS/Fox   (1984) (United States) (video) CBS/Fox   (1988) (United States) (video) Playhouse Video   (1988) (United States) (VHS) MGM Home Entertainment   (1989) (United States) (VHS) Time-Life Video   (1990) (United States) (video) MGM/UA Home Entertainment   (1993) (United States) (laserdisc) (video) MGM/UA Home Entertainment   (1994) (United States) (through Warner Home Video) (VHS) Warner Home Video   (1994) (United States) (VHS) MGM Home Entertainment   (1998) (United States) (DVD) MGM Home Entertainment   (1998) (United States) (VHS) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2007) (United States) (DVD) MGM Home Entertainment   (2007) (United States) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2010) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2014) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2017) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2018) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment   (2020) (United States) (reprint for MGM) (Blu-ray) (DVD) The Criterion Channel   (2022) (United States) (streaming) (TV) Filming Locations A Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK   (Potts' kitchen; interior of Scrumptious Sweet Factory) Alpsee, Ostallgäu, Bavaria, Germany   (lake that Baroness Bomburst falls into and lake where spies arrive) Backlot, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK   (opening race montage; castle courtyard) Bishop's Road, Abbotsbury, Dorset, England, UK   (Chitty drives to the coast) (coordinates: 50°40'12.4"N, 2°35'08.6"W) Black Park, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK   (opening racing montage through forests) Burnham Beeches Hotel, Grove Road, Slough, Berkshire, England, UK   (gates to Scrumptious Mansion) Cardington Airship Hangars, Bedfordshire, England, UK Cobstone Windmill, Turville, Buckinghamshire, England, UK   (Potts' family house) Duck Pond, Russell's Water, Buckinghamshire, England, UK   (Truly Scrumptious drives into the duck pond) (coordinates: 51°36'08.1"N, 0°58'42.7"W) Exterior Tank, Paddock Lot, Backlot, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK   ("Posh") Hambleden, Buckinghamshire, England, UK   (Caractacus and the children drive through a village) Heatherden Hall, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK   (Scrumptious Mansion) Ilmer Railway Bridge, Ilmer, Buckinghamshire, England, UK   (railway bridge scene) (coordinates: 51°44'39.7"N, 0°53'01.3"W) Kempton Park Steam Museum, Kempton Park Water Treatment Works, Snakey Lane, Hanworth, Middlesex, England, UK   (exterior of The Scrumptious Sweet Company factory) Kiln Barn, Russell's Water, Watlington, Oxfordshire, England, UK   (Coggins Garage) Longmoor military railway, Longmoor Military Camp, Hampshire, England, UK   (Caractacus drives Chitty alongside a train on a railway) Neuschwanstein Castle, Hohenschwangau, Schwangau, Bavaria, Germany   (Baron Bomburst's castle) Old Iver Lane Bridge, Iver, Buckinghamshire, England, UK   (dynamite bridge scene) (coordinates: 51°31'17.3"N, 0°30'02.5"W) Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK   (Studio) Plage Taillat, La Croix-Valmer, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France   (beach scenes) Rohrbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Saint-Tropez, Var, France   (Beach scenes when Chitty takes to the waves) Shottesbrooke Park, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK   (Chitty drives by a mansion) Tauberbrücke, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany   (Chitty lands in Vulgaria) Zig Zag Road, Box Hill, Dorking, Surrey, England, UK   (British Grand Prix 1909) (coordinates: 51°15'14.7"N, 0°18'53.4"W) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.9 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #2,440 / 21,141 Site Ranking #2,436 American Fiction (2023) #2,437 Howard The Duck (1986) #2,438 Employee Of The Month (2006) #2,439 Freaks (1932) #2,440 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) #2,441 Castle Rock: Season 1 (2018) #2,442 The Old Man & The Gun (2018) #2,443 Halloween: Resurrection (2002) #2,444 A Haunted House (2013)