Pete Postlethwaite credited as playing...
Old Man
- James: What are they?
- Old Man: Crocodile tongues.
- James: Tongues?
- Old Man: Long, slimy crocodile tongues boiled in the skull of a dead witch for 40 days and 40 nights. And, the gizard of a pig, the fingers of a young monkey, the beak of a parrot and three spoonfuls of sugar, and then, let the moon do the rest.
- [first lines]
- Old Man: This is James Henry Trotter. He lived with his mother and father in a cozy little house by the sea.