The Borrowers

Dec 5, 1997

1h 27m

★ 6.0

Little People. Big Trouble. Lots of fun.

Overview

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.

Genres

Adventure

Fantasy

Action

Comedy

Family

Production Companies

Working Title Films

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

The Borrowers Trailers

Cast

Ocious P. Potter

John Goodman

Exterminator Jeff

Mark Williams

Pod Clock

Jim Broadbent

Homily Clock

Celia Imrie

Arrietty Clock

Flora Newbigin

Peagreen Clock

Tom Felton

Spiller

Raymond Pickard

Pete Lender

Bradley Pierce

Joe Lender

Aden Gillett

Victoria Lender

Doon Mackichan

Officer Steady

Hugh Laurie

Town Hall Clerk

Ruby Wax

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