Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 British musical adventure fantasy film, directed by Ken Hughes and written by Roald Dahl and Hughes, loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car". The film stars Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Adrian Hall, Heather Ripley, Lionel Jeffries, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann and Gert Fröbe. The film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli, the regular co-producer of the James Bond series of films (also based on Ian Fleming novels). John Stears supervised the special effects. Irwin Kostal supervised and conducted the music, while the
Alexander Doré Alexander Doré Alexander Joseph Doré (28 August 1923 – 16 April 2002) was a British actor, television director and screenwriter perhaps best known for his appearance as the First Spy in the 1968 film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." He also co-starred in the 1968 TV series "Virgin of the Secret Service" (as villain Karl Von Brauner) as well as playing Bertram Bright in "Bright's Boffins" (1970-1972). Doré's other screen appearances include "At the Stroke of Nine" (1957), "Tales from Dickens" (1958), "ITV Television Playhouse" (1958), "Emergency-Ward 10" (1960), "Dixon of Dock Green" (1964), "Casino Royale" (1967), "ITV Playhouse" (1968), and