---
title: 'An American Tail (1986)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Don Bluth'
released: '1986-11-21'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/an-american-tail-1986'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090633/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# An American Tail (1986)

1986 · 80 min · Drama, Family · United States

Part of: An American Tail

## Synopsis

An American Tail is a 1986 American animated musical comedy film directed by Don Bluth and written by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss. It stars the voices of Cathianne Blore, Dom DeLuise, John Finnegan, Phillip Glasser, Amy Green, Madeline Kahn, Pat Musick, Nehemiah Persoff, Christopher Plummer, Neil Ross, Will Ryan, Hal Smith, and Erica Yohn. Set in the late 19th century, the story follows the Mousekewitzes, a family of Russian-Jewish mice emigrating from the Russian Empire to the United States for freedom. Fievel, the youngest of the Mousekewitz family, gets lost and must find a way to reunite with them.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Don Bluth](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-bluth)
- **Screenplay:** [David Kirschner](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-kirschner), [Tony Geiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-geiss), [Judy Freudberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/judy-freudberg)
- **Producer:** [David Kirschner](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-kirschner), [Steven Spielberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-spielberg), [Kathleen Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-kennedy), [Frank Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-marshall), [Gary Goldman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-goldman), [John Pomeroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-pomeroy)
- **Original Music Composer:** [James Horner](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-horner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bill Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-butler-2)

## Cast

- [Will Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-ryan)
- [Phillip Glasser](https://cinepixo.com/people/phillip-glasser)
- [Nehemiah Persoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/nehemiah-persoff)
- [Neil Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-ross)
- [Christopher Plummer](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-plummer)
- [Erica Yohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/erica-yohn)
- [Hal Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-smith)
- [Dom DeLuise](https://cinepixo.com/people/dom-deluise)
- [Madeline Kahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/madeline-kahn)

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