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<i>What's so scary?</i> The Child Catcher<br>
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James Bond's daddy Ian Fleming wrote the original novel this musical fantasy was based on, but noted childhood nightmare-inducer Roald Dahl worked on the screenplay, cutting the bouncy plot with an icy dread in the form of the Child Catcher. Classically trained dancer Robert Helpmann imbued this child-hating government employee with a sense of movement and a way with words -- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_jRUk_cSYM">"Lolli-pops, children!"</a> -- that's not easily forgotten.

'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'

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What's so scary? The Child Catcher

James Bond's daddy Ian Fleming wrote the original novel this musical fantasy was based on, but noted childhood nightmare-inducer Roald Dahl worked on the screenplay, cutting the bouncy plot with an icy dread in the form of the Child Catcher. Classically trained dancer Robert Helpmann imbued this child-hating government employee with a sense of movement and a way with words -- "Lolli-pops, children!" -- that's not easily forgotten.

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'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'