Child Catcher Child Catcher The Child Catcher is a character in the film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and in the later stage musical adaptation. The character did not appear in the original Ian Fleming book. The Child Catcher is employed by Baron Bomburst and Baroness Bomburst to snatch and imprison children on the streets of Vulgaria. In the 1968 film, he was played by ballet dancer Robert Helpmann. Whilst filming one of the scenes where the Child Catcher rides his horse and carriage out of the village, the Cage/Carriage uptilted with Helpmann on board. Dick Van Dyke recalls Helpmann being able to
Family Life (1971 British film) Family Life (1971 British film) Family Life (US: "Wednesday's Child") is a 1971 British drama film directed by Ken Loach from a screenplay by David Mercer. It is a remake of "In Two Minds", an episode of the BBC's "Wednesday Play" series first transmitted by the BBC in March 1967, which was also written by Mercer and directed by Loach, A young woman, Janice, is living with her restrictive and conservative parents, who lead a dull working-class life, and consider their daughter to be "misbehaving" whenever she's trying to find her own way in life. When she becomes pregnant, they