Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Sam Jaffe
Character mistake: The Pepperinge Eye post office displays a sign saying "licenses issued." In British English the spelling should be "licences". (00:06:25)
Character mistake: The closing shot of a newspaper article shows the word "rumor", film is set in England where it's spelled "rumour".
Plot hole: When Miss Price, Professor Browne and the children return from their magical journey to the island of Naboombu and realize they no longer have the Star of Astroroth pendant, Miss Price says, "I should have known it would be quite impossible to take an object from one world into another." Yet, they had no problem taking themselves, the bed, blankets and pillows from one world into another.
Mr. Browne: Observe the fundamental weakness of the criminal mind. You will believe no one or anything.
Question: Several times near the end of the movie, the German soldiers speak in German without subtitles. Can anyone translate?
Answer: I added some translations for this to the Trivia page for this movie here on moviemistakes.com a while back. https://www.moviemistakes.com/entry213396.
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Answer: All I could catch was "VORAN,VORAN" which means "Go, go!"