The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Barrie Ingham
Basil of Baker Street / Bartholomew (voice)
Val Bettin
Dr. David Q. Dawson (voice)
Vincent Price
Professor Ratigan (voice)
Susanne Pollatschek
Olivia Flaversham (voice)
Candy Candido
Fidget (voice)
Diana Chesney
Mrs. Judson (voice)
Eve Brenner
The Mouse Queen (voice)
Alan Young
Hiram Flaversham (voice)
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Ellen Fitzhugh
Bar Maid (voice) / Lyricist
Walker Edmiston
Citizen (voice)
Wayne Allwine
Thug Guard (voice)
Tony Anselmo
Thug Guard (voice)
Frank Welker
Toby the Dog / Felicia the Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Laurie Main
Dr. Watson (archive sound)
Shani Wallis
Lady Mouse (voice)
Melissa Manchester
Miss Kitty Mouse (voice) / Songs / Lyricist
Charles Fleischer
Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Burny Mattinson
Screenplay / Director / Producer
Ed Austin
Director of Photography
David Michener
Director / Screenplay
Peter Young
Screenplay
Ron Clements
Screenplay / Director
John Musker
Director / Screenplay
Matthew O'Callaghan
Screenplay
James Melton
Editor
Mel Shaw
Screenplay
Roy M. Brewer Jr.
Editor
Paul Galdone
Novel
Eve Titus
Novel
Bruce Morris
Screenplay
Henry Mancini
Original Music Composer / Songs
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 2, 1986
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 14m
Content RatingG
Budget$14,000,000
Box Office$38,600,000
Genres
Wiki.
The Great Mouse Detective (released as Basil the Great Mouse Detective in some countries and as The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective for its 1992 American re-release) is a 1986 American animated mystery adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is based on the children's book series Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus and Paul Galdone, and was written and directed by John Musker, Dave Michener, Ron Clements, and Burny Mattinson in their feature directorial debuts. Featuring the voices of Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin, Susanne Pollatschek, Candy Candido, Diana Chesney, Eve Brenner, and Alan Young, the film's plot follows Basil of Baker Street, a mouse detective who undertakes to help the young mouse Olivia find and save her father from the criminal mastermind and Basil's sworn enemy, Professor Ratigan.
The Great Mouse Detective draws heavily on the tradition of Sherlock Holmes with a heroic mouse who consciously emulates the detective. Titus named the main character after actor Basil Rathbone, who is best remembered for playing Holmes in film (and whose voice, sampled from a 1966 reading of "The Red-Headed League" was the voice of Holmes in this film, 19 years after his death). Sherlock Holmes also mentions "Basil" as one of his aliases in the Arthur Conan Doyle story "The Adventure of Black Peter".
The Great Mouse Detective was released to theaters on July 2, 1986, to positive reviews from critics and financial success, in sharp contrast to the box office underperformance of Disney's previous animated feature film, The Black Cauldron (1985). The film's timely success has been credited with keeping Walt Disney Animation a going concern after the previous film's failure by renewing upper management's confidence in the department, thus setting the stage for the Disney Renaissance when feature animated films would become the corporation's most lucrative and prestigious product.