A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.
Production
Hanna-Barbera's last theatrical gasp before TV movie oblivion.
Score
James Horner doing his most unhinged NIMH cosplay.
Director
Charles Grosvenor
Michael Crawford
Cornelius (voice)
Ben Vereen
Phineas (voice)
Ellen Blain
Abigail (voice)
Benji Gregory
Edgar (voice)
Elisabeth Moss
Michelle (voice)
Paul Eiding
Abigail's Father (voice) (uncredited)
Janet Waldo
Edgar's Mom (voice) (uncredited)
Will Estes
Willy (voice)
Charlie Adler
Waggs (voice)
Rickey D'Shon Collins
Bosworth (voice)
Angel Harper
Bosworth's Mom (voice) (uncredited)
Don Reed
Marshbird (voice) (uncredited)
Robert David Hall
Truck Driver (voice) (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was 20th Century Fox's attempt to clone The Secret of NIMH's success, complete with recycled Horner scores and Don Bluth-envy animation. It flopped so hard it killed Hanna-Barbera's theatrical ambitions forever.
The 'Furlings' were invented for this film—the original book had no young protagonists, meaning someone deliberately chose to put children through ecological trauma. The 90s were unwell.
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