The Witches (1990)
Saving the world from witches is a tall order for a boy they've turned into a mouse!
91 min
While staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn all children into mice via a magical formula. When they discover the eavesdropper, the witches test the formula on him. Now, with the help of Helga and hotel manager Mr Stringer, Luke the mouse must fight back against the witches.
- Release date
- May 25, 1990
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom
- Budget
- $11,000,000
- Box office
- $15,400,000
Trailer
Cast
- Anjelica Huston as Miss Ernst
- Anjelica Huston as Grand High Witch
- Mai Zetterling as Helga
- Jasen Fisher as Luke
- Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Stringer
- Bill Paterson as Mr. Jenkins
- Brenda Blethyn as Mrs. Jenkins
- Charlie Potter as Bruno Jenkins
- Anne Lambton as Woman in Black
- Jane Horrocks as Miss Irvine
- Sukie Smith as Marlene
Crew
- Nicolas Roeg · Director
- Roald Dahl · Writer
- Allan Scott · Writer
- Mark Shivas · Producer
- Stanley Myers · Composer
- Harvey Harrison · Cinematographer
- Tony Lawson · Editor
- Celestia Fox · Casting director
- Andrew Sanders · Production designer