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Bedknobs and Broomsticks

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Produced by Bill Walsh
Written by Mary Norton (novel)
Bill Walsh (screenplay)
Narrated by
Starring Angela Lansbury
David Tomlinson
Voices Bob Holt
Lennie Weinrib
Dal McKennon
Music Richard M. Sherman
Robert B. Sherman
Irwin Kostal
Cinematography Frank V. Phillips
Editing Cotton Warburton
Distributor Walt Disney Pictures
Buena Vista Distribution
Release date(s) December 19, 1971
Running time 117 minutes (theatrical cut)
139 minutes (director's cut)
Country United States
Language English
Budget $20,000
MPAA Rating G
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a 1971 musical film produced by Buena Vista Distribution and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures which combines live action and animation and was released in North America on December 19, 1971. It is based upon the books The Magic Bed Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons and Bonfires and Broomsticks by Mary Norton, and stars Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson.

The film has similarities to Mary Poppins (1964): combining live action and animation and partly set in the streets of London. It shares some of the cast, namely Tomlinson, supporting actor Reginald Owen, a similar fimcrew, songwriters the Sherman Brothers, director Robert Stevenson, art director Peter Ellenshaw, and music director Irwin Kostal.