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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Elephantine, but a wonderfully scored and jolly adventure peppered with bright and sunny sequences. The quirky casting helps, notably Helpmann, source of many a childhood scare and Anna Quayle as a oddly eroticised Baroness. 1960s road show musicals are such an underrated sub-genre – too straightforward, intent on pleasure and damned as filmed theatre no doubt – but this remains a handsome and rollicking example.