I saw this as a child of ten and am reacting as such: Instead of being shoved into the oven and cooked at the end, Hans Conried, as the witch, is simply locked in the cage in which s/he had kept Hansel, evidently for eventual rehabilitation. (He/She says, "I'm not really bad; I'm just misunderstood.") I am sure I was not the only child who felt cheated, as the cooking of the witch was the part that I had been particularly looking forward to! I don't remember too much else about this version except for Rise Stevens singing the prayer for the children. I much preferred the 1954 puppet version with Anna Russell as the witch. (She gets her just deserts in the usual manner--and actually ends up as a dessert of sorts, as she is transformed into gingerbread (not very good gingerbread, judging from the expression on the face of the child who tastes her!))