Quick Facts
DirectorDon Bluth
Runtime1h 23m · G
GenresAdventure · Animation · Drama · Family · Fantasy · Mystery · Science-fiction
Release1982-06-17
Film
The Secret of NIMH
1982· G· 1h 23m· Adventure· Animation· Drama· Family· Fantasy· Mystery· Science-fiction
“Right before your eyes, and beyond your wildest dreams.”
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.
1982-06-17
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Key Crew
DirectorDon Bluth
ScreenplayDon Bluth
ProducerDon Bluth
Original Music ComposerJerry Goldsmith
EditorJeffrey C. Patch
Full cast & crew (20 cast · 50 crew)
Details
Released1982-06-17
Runtime1h 23m · G
StatusReleased
StudiosUnited Artists · Aurora · Don Bluth Entertainment
Budget$7M
Box office$15M
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating7.4/10 · 955 votes
Original languageen
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