The 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang starring Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries and Gert Fröbe (Auric Goldfinger in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger) first premiered at cinemas in the UK on 17th December 1968. Then it opened in USA on 18th December. In Sweden, the film premiered on 19th December 1968.