Tom and Jerry: The Movie

Tom and Jerry: The Movie
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Phil Roman
Produced by	Phil Roman Bill Schultz (co-producer)
Screenplay by	Dennis Marks
Based on	Tom and Jerry created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Starring	Richard Kind Dana Hill Anndi McAfee Charlotte Rae Tony Jay Henry Gibson Rip Taylor Ed Gilbert Michael Bell David L. Lander
Music by	Henry Mancini
Production company	Turner Entertainment Co. Film Roman WMG
Distributed by	Miramax Films LIVE Entertainment
Release date	October 1, 1992 (1992-10-01) (Germany) July 30, 1993 (1993-07-30) (United States) September 17, 1993 (1993-09-17) (Australia)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3.5 million
Box office	$3.6 million

Tom and Jerry: The Movie is a 1992 American animated musical buddy comedy film starring Tom and Jerry, produced and directed by Phil Roman, released in Germany by Turner Pictures and in United States by Miramax Films and LIVE Entertainment, being Miramax's only animated film released through LIVE, as The Walt Disney Company acquired Miramax from 1993 to 2010.

This is the cat and mouse duo's first feature-length film. It also received a wide theatrical release and marked their return to the silver screen after 25 years. Although largely mute in the original cartoons, the pair talk extensively in this film. Joseph Barbera, co-founder of Hanna-Barbera and co-creator of Tom and Jerry with partner William Hanna, served as creative consultant.

This was Dana Hill's last film before her death on July 15, 1996. It was released on July 30, 1993, in the United States, after having its world premiere on October 1, 1992 in Germany, and grossed $3.6 million. It was filmed in 1991.

While moving house with their owners, Tom and Jerry get into a chase, and Tom nails Jerry inside his mousehole with floorboards, and is pleased to have kept the mouse from coming with him, but misses the moving van and is forced to stay in the house after angering a nearby bulldog. The house is demolished the next morning with Tom going back inside to rescue Jerry, leaving them both homeless. Wandering through the city, they meet a dog, Puggsy, and his flea friend, Frankie, who try to persuade them to be friends. While finding food from some nearby bins for a feast, Puggsy and Frankie are captured by two dogcatchers, while Tom and Jerry end up in a tussle with some alley cats. They escape after Jerry fools them into falling into the sewer.

They then cross paths with a twelve-year-old girl, Robyn Starling, who has run away from home. She tells them that since her mother died in childbirth and her father was apparently killed in a recent avalanche, she has been living with her abusive guardian, "Aunt" Pristine Figg, and "Aunt" Figg's devious lawyer and boyfriend, Lickboot, and overweight skateboarding dog, Ferdinand, but ran away after Figg threw [Robyn's] locket out of the window. Despite Robyn's misgivings, Tom and Jerry persuade her to return home and they are taken in as pets. Tom and Jerry, however, end up in a massive food fight with Ferdinand, and stumble across a telegram confirming that Robyn's father is still alive which Figg hides from Robyn. Figg sends them to an animal shelter run by Dr. Applecheek, who turns out to be a cruel animal kidnapper, and the true employer of the two dogcatchers who caught Puggsy. Reuniting with Puggsy and Frankie in the cells, Tom and Jerry tell them all that has happened, then stage an escape and free all of Applecheek's captured animals, among them Droopy, and rush to tell Robyn the news. Elated, Robyn becomes determined to find her father in Tibet and they escape the city on a raft in the river, but the raft is struck by a ship and they end up separated. Figg places a $1 million bounty on Robyn without even planning to give that kind of money, while Mr. Starling is alerted of his daughter's situation and rushes back to America to find her.