Movie
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Overview
Retired bachelor Mr Hoppy is hopelessly in love with his neighbour Mrs Silver, but she is only interested in her pet tortoise Alfie - until Mr Hoppy hatches an audacious plan.
Details
- Release date
- 2015-01-02
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Genres
- Romance, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Endor Productions, BBC
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- James Corden as Narrator
- Dustin Hoffman as Mr. Hoppy
- Judi Dench as Mrs. Silver
- Salo Gardner as Mr Mavrokoukoudopolous
- Lara Rossi as Puppy Boy Mother
- Jimmy Akingbola as Keen Petshop Keeper
- Katie Lyons as Philip's Mother
- Pixie Davies as Roberta
- Richard Cordery as Mr. Pringle
- Pik-Sen Lim as Mrs. Wu
- Polly Kemp as Woman Passenger
- Alexander Bracq as Rollerblading Couple
Crew
- Dearbhla Walsh - Director
- Richard Curtis - Writer
- Paul Mayhew-Archer - Writer
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