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The Secret of NIMH

The Secret of NIMH

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Part of The Secret of NIMH Collection

1982•1h 23m•7.5/10
FamilyAnimationFantasyAdventureMysteryDramaScience Fiction

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7.5/10(926)

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.

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Production

United Artists, Aurora, Don Bluth Entertainment, Mrs. Brisby, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Elizabeth Hartman

Elizabeth Hartman

Mrs. Brisby (voice)

Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

Nicodemus (voice)

Arthur Malet

Arthur Malet

Mr. Ages (voice)

Dom DeLuise

Dom DeLuise

Jeremy (voice)

Hermione Baddeley

Hermione Baddeley

Auntie Shrew (voice)

Shannen Doherty

Shannen Doherty

Teresa (voice)

Wil Wheaton

Wil Wheaton

Martin (voice)

Jodi Hicks

Cynthia (voice)

Ina Fried

Timothy (voice)

John Carradine

John Carradine

Great Owl (voice)

Peter Strauss

Peter Strauss

Justin (voice)

Paul Shenar

Paul Shenar

Jenner (voice)

Tom Hatten

Farmer Fitzgibbons (voice)

Lucille Bliss

Lucille Bliss

Mrs. Fitzgibbons (voice)

Aldo Ray

Aldo Ray

Sullivan (voice)

Norbert Auerbach

Councilman 1 (voice)

Dick Kleiner

Councilman 2 (voice)

Charles Champlin

Councilman 3 (voice)

Joshua Lawrence

Billy Fitzgibbons (voice)

Philo Barnhart

Additional voices (uncredited)

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