The Rescuers

The Rescuers
Original theatrical release poster
Directed by	Wolfgang Reitherman John Lounsbery Art Stevens
Produced by	Wolfgang Reitherman Ron W. Miller
Story by	Larry Clemmons Vance Gerry Ken Anderson Frank Thomas Burny Mattinson Fred Lucky Dick Sebast David Michener Ted Berman
Based on	The Rescuers and Miss Bianca by Margery Sharp
Starring	Bob Newhart Eva Gabor Michelle Stacy Geraldine Page Joe Flynn Jim Jordan John McIntire Jeanette Nolan Pat Buttram Bernard Fox
Music by	Score: Artie Butler Songs: Sammy Fain Carol Connors Ayn Robbins Shelby Flint
Edited by	James Koford James Melton
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	Buena Vista Distribution
Release date	June 22, 1977 (1977-06-22)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$7.5 million
Box office	$71.2 million

The Rescuers is a 1977 American animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions and first released on June 22, 1977, by Buena Vista Distribution. The 23rd Disney animated feature film, the film is about the Rescue Aid Society, an international mouse organization headquartered in New York City and shadowing the United Nations, dedicated to helping abduction victims around the world at large. Two of these mice, jittery janitor Bernard (Bob Newhart) and his co-agent, the elegant Miss Bianca (Eva Gabor), set out to rescue Penny (Michelle Stacy), an orphan girl being held prisoner in the Devil's Bayou by treasure huntress Madame Medusa (Geraldine Page).

The film is based on a series of books by Margery Sharp, most notably The Rescuers and Miss Bianca. Due to the film's success, a sequel entitled The Rescuers Down Under was released in 1990, which made this film the first Disney animated film to have a sequel.

In an abandoned river boat in Devil's Bayou, a young orphan named Penny drops a message in a bottle containing a plea for help into the river. The bottle washes up in New York City, where it is recovered by the Rescue Aid Society, an international mouse organization inside the United Nations. The Hungarian representative, Miss Bianca, volunteers to accept the case and chooses Bernard, a stammering janitor, as her co-agent. The two visit Morningside Orphanage, where Penny lived, and meet an old cat named Rufus. He tells them about a woman named Madame Medusa who once tried to lure Penny into her car and may have succeeded in abducting Penny this time.