The Secret of NIMH
Released on July 9, 1982
Production Company
Walt Disney Pictures
Distributor
Buena Vista Distribution Co., Inc.
In most drive-ins across the United States and Canada,
The Secret of NIMH and
TRON were shown back to back.
In the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and the Republic of Ireland,
NIMH and
TRON were released a week apart.
Directed by
Don Bluth
Produced by
Don Bluth
Gary Goldman
John Pomeroy
Executive Producers
Wolfgang Reitherman
Ron Miller
Story adaptation
Will Finn
Based on the book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by
Robert C. O'Brien
Music by
Jerry Goldsmith
Voice Talents
Elizabeth Hartman as Mrs. Brisby
Hermione Baddeley as Auntie Shrew
John Carradine as the Great Owl
Dom DeLuise as Jeremy
Derek Jacobi as Nicodemus
Arthur Malet as Mr. Ages
Peter Strauss as Justin
Paul Shenar as Jenner
Aldo Ray as Sullivan
Shannen Doherty as Teresa Brisby
Wil Wheaton as Martin Brisby
Ian Fried as Timothy Brisby
Jodi Hicks as Cynthia Brisby
Edie McClurg as Miss Right
Tom Hatten as Farmer Fitzgibbons
Lucille Bliss as Mrs. Fitzgibbons
Joshua Lawrence as Billy Fitzgibbons
Charles Champlin, Dick Kleiner, and Norbert Auerbach as council rats