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The Highway Rat

The Highway Rat

Give me your buns and your biscuits!

20186.30h 25m

Overview

The tale of a ravenous rat who craves buns, biscuits and all sweet things. Tearing along the highway, he searches for sugary treats to steal, until his sweet tooth leads him to a sticky end.

Directed by Jeroen Jaspaert
Written by Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler, Jeroen Jaspaert
Produced by Martin Pope, Michael Rose
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Top Cast

Rob Brydon

Rob Brydon

Narrator / The Horse (voice)

David Tennant

David Tennant

The Highway Rat (voice)

Nina Sosanya

Nina Sosanya

The Duck (voice)

Tom Hollander

Tom Hollander

The Squirrel (voice)

Frances de la Tour

Frances de la Tour

The Rabbit (voice)

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Husaam Kiani

The Kitten (voice)

Themes & Keywords

based on children's bookratshort film

About The Highway Rat

The Highway Rat is a family, animation, comedy, tv movie film released in 2018 exploring themes of based on children's book, rat, short film. Directed by Jeroen Jaspaert, it stars Rob Brydon, David Tennant, Nina Sosanya. The tale of a ravenous rat who craves buns, biscuits and all sweet things. Tearing along the highway, he searches for sugary treats to steal, until his sweet tooth leads him to a sticky end.

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