Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
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.
- widow
- mouse
- villain
- crow
- illness
- playful
- good versus evil
- admiring
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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)
- Directed
- Don Bluth
- Written
- Will Finn, John Pomeroy, Gary Goldman, Don Bluth
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 979 ratings
- Studio
- United Artists, Aurora, Don Bluth Entertainment, Mrs. Brisby, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1982 · You’re hereThe Secret of NIMH
Where it starts.
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
1999
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
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The closest of them.
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