The Secret of NIMH
A widowed field mouse races against an encroaching farm machine to relocate her sick child’s home, enlisting mysterious super‑intelligent rats whose hidden past threatens both their survival and hers.
“Right before your eyes, and beyond your wildest dreams.”
Synopsis
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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Principal cast & crew: 26
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Jeff PatchScored by Jerry Goldsmith
Box Office
1982 · Box office
⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.1× its budget
Why 2.5×?
Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).
Worldwide gross
$14.7M
Also known as
- Mrs. Brisby und das Geheimnis von Nimhde
- Brisby et le Secret de NIMHfr
- Brisby e il segreto di NIMHit
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Cast & Crew
26 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Shannen Doherty
as Teresa
Hermione Baddeley
as Auntie Shrew
Wil Wheaton
as Martin
Jodi Hicks
as Cynthia
Ina Fried
as Timothy
John Carradine
as The Great Owl
Elizabeth Hartman
as Mrs. Brisby
Derek Jacobi
as Nicodemus
Dom Deluise
as Jeremy
Arthur Malet
as Mr. Ages
Peter Strauss
as Justin (voice)
Paul Shenar
as Jenner (voice)
Supporting cast
8Tom Hatten
as Farmer Fitzgibbons (voice)
Lucille Bliss
as Mrs. Fitzgibbons (voice)
Aldo Ray
as Sullivan (voice)
Norbert Auerbach
as Councilman 1 (voice)
Dick Kleiner
as Councilman 2 (voice)
Charles Champlin
as Councilman 3 (voice)
Joshua Lawrence
as Billy Fitzgibbons (voice)
Philo Barnhart
as Additional voices (uncredited)
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1Writers
4Producers
3Other crew
2Parents Guide
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