Film

The Secret of NIMH

1982 · 1h 23m · Adventure · Animation · Drama

Right before your eyes, and beyond your wildest dreams.

IMDb

7.5

Rotten Tomatoes

93%

Metacritic

76

A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.

Elizabeth Hartman

Mrs. Brisby (voice)

Derek Jacobi

Nicodemus (voice)

Arthur Malet

Mr. Ages (voice)

Dom DeLuise

Jeremy (voice)

Hermione Baddeley

Auntie Shrew (voice)

Shannen Doherty

Teresa (voice)

Wil Wheaton

Martin (voice)

Jodi Hicks

Cynthia (voice)

Ina Fried

Timothy (voice)

John Carradine

Great Owl (voice)

Peter Strauss

Justin (voice)

Paul Shenar

Jenner (voice)

Tom Hatten

Farmer Fitzgibbons (voice)

Lucille Bliss

Mrs. Fitzgibbons (voice)

Aldo Ray

Sullivan (voice)

Norbert Auerbach

Councilman 1 (voice)

• Don BluthDirector · Screenplay · Producer
• Will FinnScreenplay
• Gary GoldmanScreenplay · Producer
• John PomeroyScreenplay · Producer
• Robert C. O'BrienNovel
• Rich IrvineExecutive Producer
• James L. StewartExecutive Producer
• Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
• Jeffrey C. PatchEditor

Original 1982 TrailerMasters of Cinema TrailerOfficial Trailer

Release date

June 17, 1982

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

G

Budget

$7,000,000

Revenue

$14,665,733

Genres

Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction

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