---
title: 'The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Oz'
released: '1995-07-14'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-indian-in-the-cupboard-1995'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113419/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)

1995 · 96 min · Fantasy, Adventure, Family · United States


## Synopsis

The Indian in the Cupboard is a 1995 American family fantasy drama film directed by Frank Oz and written by Melissa Mathison, based on the 1980 children's book by Lynne Reid Banks. The story revolves around a boy who receives a cupboard as a gift on his ninth birthday. He later discovers that putting toy figures in the cupboard, after locking and unlocking it, brings the toys to life. The film stars Hal Scardino as Omri, Litefoot in his film debut as Little Bear, Lindsay Crouse as Omri's mother, Richard Jenkins as Omri's father, Rishi Bhat in his only film as Omri's friend Patrick and David Keith as Boone the Cowboy.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Oz](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-oz)
- **Screenplay:** [Melissa Mathison](https://cinepixo.com/people/melissa-mathison)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Randy Edelman](https://cinepixo.com/people/randy-edelman)
- **Producer:** [Kathleen Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-kennedy), [Frank Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-marshall)
- **Director of Photography:** [Russell Carpenter](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-carpenter)
- **Editor:** [Ian Crafford](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-crafford)

## Cast

- [David Keith](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-keith)
- [Vincent Kartheiser](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-kartheiser)
- [Steve Coogan](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-coogan)
- [Sakina Jaffrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/sakina-jaffrey)
- [Hal Scardino](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-scardino)
- [Richard Jenkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-jenkins)
- [Lindsay Crouse](https://cinepixo.com/people/lindsay-crouse)
- [Nestor Serrano](https://cinepixo.com/people/nestor-serrano)
- [Rishi Bhat](https://cinepixo.com/people/rishi-bhat)
- [Litefoot](https://cinepixo.com/people/litefoot)

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