The Kidnapper: Nervous types, look away now; it's only the freakin' CHILDCATCHER (Robert Helpmann). Scariest. Character. Ever.

The Kidnappees: Jeremy and Jemima, cherubic lollipop-loving son and daughter of freaky auto-aviator Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke).

Does It End Well? Being a '60s family musical, it would've caused an outcry had the horrifying Childcatcher succeeded in...well, we dread to think.

So yes, it ends well, and a million impressionable young psyches remain just about in tact as a result. Probably a wise script decision in hindsight.