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
43rd British Academy Film Awards - Gerry Hambling "' "Dead Poets Society" - Maurice Jarre "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" - Dante Ferretti "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" - Maggie Weston, Fabrizio Sforza "Mississippi Burning" "Back to the Future Part II" "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" - Gabriella Pescucci Alec Guinness 43rd British Academy Film Awards The 43rd British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1990, honoured the best films of 1989. Peter Weir's Dead Poets Society won the award for Best Film. "Dead Poets Society" Daniel Day-Lewis in "My Left Foot" Pauline Collins in "Shirley Valentine" Ray