The Borrowers (1973 film)

The Borrowers
The Borrowers (1973) DVD Cover
Genre	Family Fantasy
Based on	The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Written by	Jay Presson Allen
Directed by	Walter C. Miller
Starring	Eddie Albert Tammy Grimes Judith Anderson
Music by	Rod McKuen
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Duane C. Bogie Robert Kline
Producers	Walt deFaria Warren Lockhart
Production location	Whitby, Ontario
Running time	81 min.
Production companies	20th Century Fox Television Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates Foote, Cone and Belding Productions Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions Walt DeFaria Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	December 14, 1973 (1973-12-14)
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The Borrowers is a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV special first broadcast in 1973 on NBC.^[1] The movie script was adapted from the 1952 Carnegie Medal-winning first novel^[2] of author Mary Norton's Borrowers series: The Borrowers. The film stars Eddie Albert, Tammy Grimes and Judith Anderson. It was directed by Walter C. Miller.

In 1974, the special was awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming and was nominated for Outstanding Children's Special (producers Duane Bogie, Walt deFaria and Warren Lockhart), Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming (performer Judith Anderson), Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming (performer Juul Haalmeyer) and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming (director Walter C. Miller).^[3]

The special tells the story of the Clock Family, tiny people who live under the floorboards in a Victorian-era English house.

This movie is presently in the public domain.^{[citation needed]}