The Borrowers

• Director: Walter C. Miller
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• Genre: Fantasy
• Movie Type: Children's Fantasy
• Themes: Mischievous Children, Shrunken People
• Main Cast: Eddie Albert, Tammy Grimes
• Release Year: 1973
• Country: US
• Run Time: 81 minutes

Plot

Fans of the 1970s cartoon series The Littles may enjoy its live-action spiritual ancestor The Borrowers. Dennis Larson plays an eight-year-old boy living in Victorian England. While exploring his aunt's (Dame Judith Anderson) mansion, Larson peeks under the floorboards...and what should he see but a family of inches-high humans (Eddie Albert, Tammy Grimes, Karen Pearson), who survive by "borrowing" bits and pieces from the Big People. Discovered, the Borrowers scramble to avoid being captured and displayed as curiosities. First telecast December 14, 1973, The Borrowers was based on the novel by Mary Norton (of Bedknobs and Broomsticks fame). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Eddie Albert - Pod Clock; Judith Anderson; Tammy Grimes - Homily Clock; Barnard Hughes; Karen Pearson; Beatrice Straight

Credit

Bill Zaharuk - Art Director, Walter C. Miller - Director, Duane C. Bogie - Executive Producer, Billy Byers - Composer (Music Score), Rod McKuen - Composer (Music Score), Walt de Faria - Producer, Warren Lockhart - Producer, Rod McKuen - Singer, Shelby Flint - Singer, Jay Presson Allen - Screenwriter, Mary Norton - Book Author

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