The Borrowers backdrop

The Borrowers 1997 Directed by Peter Hewitt

Little People. Big Trouble. Lots of fun.

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.

Production Countries United Kingdom , USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Budget $29,000,000
Revenue $22,619,699
Release Date 5 December 1997
87 mins
Cast
John Goodman Ocious P. Potter
Mark Williams Exterminator Jeff
Jim Broadbent Pod Clock
Celia Imrie Homily Clock
Flora Newbigin Arrietty Clock
Tom Felton Peagreen Clock
Bradley Pierce Pete Lender
Aden Gillett Joe Lender
Doon Mackichan Victoria Lender
Hugh Laurie Officer Steady
Ruby Wax Town Hall Clerk
Andrew Dunford Dustbunny
Bob Goody Minty
Dick Ward Milkman
George Antoni Chauffeur
Alex Winter TV Gangster
Michael Hewitt TV Sergeant
Simon Hewitt TV Constable
David Freeman TV Constable
Carolyn Allen Borrower (uncredited)
Ben Goodman Borrower (uncredited)
Stacey Gough Borrower (uncredited)
Allin Kempthorne Borrower (uncredited)