- Katy Coombs: I want this one!
- Mrs. Forrest: This bear was better! He had shiny black eyes and his fur was all soft!
- Katy Coombs: Fine, then you can keep that bear and I'll keep this one.
- Mr. Benton: Good afternoon, young man. I - I wish to see... Albie.
- Christopher: Get the police! She's keeping us prisoner! She wants to cook us - and eat us!
- Albie: Mrs. Forrest, I think it's time to settle accounts.
- Mrs. Forrest: Yes, of course. But, dear, could you run downstairs first and get me some lunch?
- Albie: Get it yourself, Rosie Miller.
- Mrs. Forrest: "Rosie Miller"? Albie, I don't recall ever giving you permission to call me by my professional name.
- Albie: Rosie, I'm gonna' tell *you* what to do for once. You're gonna' write me a check... for 2,000 pounds.
- Mrs. Forrest: [taken aback] Two thousand pounds?
- Albie: Then we're gonna' wave bye-bye to you, me and Clarine. Then you can go back to vaudeville or roll-a-hoop... or talk to the spirits all night. Because we won't be around.
- Mrs. Forrest: Albie, you and Clarine wouldn't desert me, leave me alone in this big house after all these years?
- Albie: I'm sure you'll manage, madam. Unless you give me 2,000 quid, Rosie, I'm gonna' have to report to the police that you've become a kidnapper. You've got Katy locked in the nursery, haven't you? HAVEN'T YOU!
- Mrs. Forrest: [after a stunned pause] Go get me my checkbook.
- Katy Coombs: What're you doing?
- Christopher: I'm hiding the jewels.
- Katy Coombs: What jewels?
- Christopher: The real jewels. If we get adopted, when we grow up we can sell them and buy a big mansion.
- Christopher: [voiceover] Hansel and Gretel knew that the wicked witch couldn't hurt anyone anymore, and they also knew with the wicked witch's treasure, they would never be hungry again.