James and the Giant Peach

Apr 12, 1996

1h 19m

★ 6.6

Adventures this big don't grow on trees.

Overview

When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.

Genres

Adventure

Animation

Family

Fantasy

Production Companies

Allied Filmmakers

Walt Disney Pictures

James and the Giant Peach Trailers

Cast

James Henry Trotter

Paul Terry

Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)

Miriam Margolyes

Aunt Spiker

Joanna Lumley

The Magic Man

Pete Postlethwaite

Grasshopper (voice)

Simon Callow

Centipede (voice)

Richard Dreyfuss

Ladybug (voice)

Jane Leeves

Miss Spider (voice)

Susan Sarandon

Earthworm (voice)

David Thewlis

James' Father

Steven Culp

James' Mother

Susan Turner-Cray

Girl with Telescope

Cirocco Dunlap

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