The Borrowers

The Borrowers

6.0(0.5K)
AdventureFantasyActionComedyFamily

The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks face the risk of being exposed to the normal-sized world.

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John Goodman
John Goodman
Ocious P. Potter
Mark Williams
Mark Williams
Exterminator Jeff
Jim Broadbent
Jim Broadbent
Pod Clock
Celia Imrie
Celia Imrie
Homily Clock
Flora Newbigin
Flora Newbigin
Arrietty Clock
Tom Felton
Tom Felton
Peagreen Clock
Raymond Pickard
Raymond Pickard
Spiller
Bradley Pierce
Bradley Pierce
Pete Lender
Aden Gillett
Aden Gillett
Joe Lender
Doon Mackichan
Doon Mackichan
Victoria Lender
Hugh Laurie
Hugh Laurie
Officer Steady
Ruby Wax
Ruby Wax
Town Hall Clerk
Andrew Dunford
Andrew Dunford
Dustbunny
Bob Goody
Bob Goody
Minty
Patrick Monckton
Patrick Monckton
Swag

WritersSimon Hewitt, Ben Goodman

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Release dateDec 05 1997

Runtime1 hour 27 minutes

Official siteVisit here

LanguageEnglish

Production companiesWorking Title Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

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