

Roald Dahl's The Witches(2020)
"WITCHES ARE REAL!"
Overview
In late 1967, a young orphaned boy goes to live with his loving grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world's Grand High Witch has gathered.
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Anne Hathaway
Grand High Witch

Octavia Spencer
Grandma

Stanley Tucci
Mr Stringer

Jahzir Bruno
Hero Boy

Chris Rock
Older Hero (voice)

Codie-Lei Eastick
Bruno Jenkins

Kristin Chenoweth
Daisy / Mary (voice)

Charles Edwards
Mr Jenkins

Morgana Robinson
Mrs Jenkins

Brian Bovell
Reginald

Josette Simon
Zelda

Eugenia Caruso
Consuella

Ana Maria Maskell
Esmerelda
Amber Flanagan
Esmeralda

Eurydice El-Etr
Samantha

Orla O'Rourke
Saoirse

Penny Lisle
Lana

Dempsey Bovell
Jesup

Jonathan Livingstone
Raymond

Paul Leonard
Maitre'D - Luther

Simon Manyonda
Sous Chef

Philippe Spall
Chef

Abi Adeyemi
Witch

Anastasia Zabarchuk
Witch

Katie Hardwick
Witch

Vivienne Acheampong
Alice's Mum

Sobowale Antonio Bamgbose
Alice's Dad
Lunga Skosana
Grandma's Mother

Miranda Sarfo Peprah
Young Grandma

Joseph Zinyemba
Basketball Kid

Me'sha Bryan
Chambermaid

Cyril Nri
Chief Doorman

Joshua Neil
Officer Perry

Ken Nwosu
Bellman

Angus Wright
Waiter

Sarah T. Cohen
Witch
Rachel Sophia-Anthony
Shop Customer (uncredited)
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