The Secret of NIMH (Film), released 1982 — adapted from Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien.
A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.
Starring Elizabeth Hartman, Derek Jacobi, Arthur Malet, Dom DeLuise, Hermione Baddeley.
Directed by Don Bluth.
