The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

Directors:

Ron Clements
Burny Mattinson
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Writers:

Peter Young (story) &
Vance Gerry (story) ...
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Release Date:

2 July 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Musical | Mystery

Tagline:

Can he bring the dirty rat to justice?

Plot:

Basil, the rodent Sherlock Holmes, investigates the kidnapping of a toy-maker and uncovers its link to his archenemy, Professor Ratigan.

Plot Keywords:

Mouse | Kidnapping | Bat | Cockney | Arch Villain

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Vincent Price	...	Professor Ratigan (voice)
Barrie Ingham	...	Basil of Baker Street / Bartholomew (voice)
Val Bettin	...	Dr. David Q. Dawson / Thug Guard (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)
Laurie Main	...	Dr. Watson (voice)
Shani Wallis	...	Lady Mouse (voice)
Ellen Fitzhugh	...	Bar Maid (voice)
Walker Edmiston	...	Citizen / Thug Guard (voice)
Wayne Allwine	...	Thug Guard (voice)
Tony Anselmo	...	Thug Guard (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Melissa Manchester	...	Miss Kitty Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Basil Rathbone	...	Sherlock Holmes (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Frank Welker	...	Toby the Dog / Felica the Cat / Royal Guard Dogs (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Ron Clements
Burny Mattinson
David Michener		(as Dave Michener)
John Musker

Writing credits
Peter Young		(story adaptation) (as Pete Young) &
Vance Gerry		(story adaptation) &
Steve Hulett		(story adaptation) &
Ron Clements		(story adaptation) &
John Musker		(story adaptation) &
Bruce Morris		(story adaptation) (as Bruce M. Morris) &
Matthew O'Callaghan		(story adaptation) &
Burny Mattinson		(story adaptation) &
David Michener		(story adaptation) (as Dave Michener) &
Melvin Shaw		(story adaptation)
Eve Titus		(book series "Basil of Baker Street") and
Paul Galdone		(book series "Basil of Baker Street")

Produced by
Burny Mattinson	....	producer

Original Music by
Henry Mancini

Film Editing by
Roy M. Brewer Jr.
James Melton

Art Direction by
Guy Vasilovich

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mark A. Hester	....	assistant director
Tim O'Donnell	....	assistant director (as Timothy J. O'Donnell)

Sound Department
Tomas Krantz	....	adr editor (Swedish version)

Visual Effects by
Dave Bossert	....	effects animator
Mark Dindal	....	effects animator
Tad A. Gielow	....	computer graphics artist
Ted Kierscey	....	effects animator (as Ted C. Kierscey)
Rolando Mercado	....	effects assistant animator (as Rolando B. Mercado)
Patricia Peraza	....	effects animator
Steve Starr	....	effects assistant animator
John Tucker	....	effects assistant animator
Kelvin Yasuda	....	effects animator

Camera and Electrical Department
Ed Austin	....	animation camera operator
Rick Taylor	....	animation camera operator (uncredited)

Animation Department
Scott Anderson	....	breakdown and inbetween artist
Tony Anselmo	....	key assistant animator
Ruben A. Aquino	....	character animator
Rasoul Azadani	....	assistant layout artist
Judith Barnes	....	breakdown and inbetween artist
Lori Benson-Noda	....	breakdown and inbetween artist (as Lori M. Noda)
Bill Berg	....	coordinating animator
David Block	....	character animator
Christine Blum	....	breakdown and inbetween artist (as Christine Harding)
Sandra Borgmeyer	....	character animator
Bill Brazner	....	ink and paint supervisor
Janet Bruce	....	ink and paint supervisor
Hendel Butoy	....	supervising animator
Penny Campse	....	painting assistant (as Penny Campsie)
Reed Cardwell	....	key assistant animator
Hortensia Casagran	....	ink and paint supervisor (as Hortensia M. Casagran)
Wesley Chun	....	key assistant animator
Brian Clift	....	key assistant animator
Jim Coleman	....	color stylist
Jesus Cortes	....	key assistant animator
Retta Davidson	....	key assistant animator
Andreas Deja	....	character animator
Anthony de Rosa	....	key assistant animator (as Anthony DeRosa)
Barbara De Rosa	....	key assistant animator (as Barbara W. DeRosa)
Gil DiCicco	....	layout artist
Marcia Kimura Dougherty	....	breakdown and inbetween artist (as Marcia Y. Kimura)
Dave Dunnet	....	layout artist (as David A. Dunnet)
John Emerson	....	background artist
Rick Farmiloe	....	character animator
Tom Ferriter	....	coordinating animator
Cindy Finn	....	color modeler
Denise Ford	....	assistant animator
Gail Frank	....	assistant animator
June Fujimoto	....	assistant animator (as June M. Fujimoto)
Mike Gabriel	....	character animator
Ed Ghertner	....	layout artist (as Edward L. Ghertner)
Ed Gombert	....	character animator
Edward Goral	....	breakdown and inbetween artist (as Edward B. Goral)
Steven E. Gordon	....	character animator
Peter Gullerud	....	breakdown and inbetween artist (as Peter A. Gullerud)
Terrey Hamada	....	assistant animator
Dan Hansen	....	layout artist
Ray Harris	....	assistant animator
Mark Henn	....	supervising animator
Steve Hickner	....	key assistant animator (as Stephen Hickner)
Glenn M. Higa	....	scene planner (as Glenn Higa)
Richard Hoppe	....	key assistant animator
Michael Horowitz	....	breakdown and inbetween artist
Michael Humphries	....	background artist
Ron Husband	....	character animator
Jay Jackson	....	character animator
Debra Jorgensborg	....	color modeler (as Debbie Jorgensborg)
Mark Kalesniko	....	assistant layout artist (as Mark G. Kalesniko)
Glen Keane	....	supervising animator
Lisa Keene	....	background artist (as Lisa L. Keene)
Karen A. Keller	....	layout artist
Shawn Keller	....	character animator
Lureline Kohler	....	key assistant animator (as Lureline Weatherly)
Marty Korth	....	key assistant animator (as Martin Korth)
Mona Koth	....	breakdown and inbetween artist
Tia W. Kratter	....	background artist (as Tia Kratter)
Doug Krohn	....	character animator
Joseph Lanzisero	....	character animator
Eric Larson	....	animation consultant
Christine Liffers	....	breakdown and inbetween artist
Steve Lubin	....	breakdown and inbetween artist (as Stephen L. Lubin)
Kaaren Lundeen	....	assistant animator (as Kaaren Spooner)
Jeffrey Lynch	....	key assistant animator
Ginni Mack	....	painting assistant
David Martin	....	breakdown and inbetween artist (as David P. Martin)
Gretchen Maschmeyer Albrecht	....	ink and paint supervisor (as Gretchen L. Albrecht)
Dan McHugh	....	assistant layout artist
Brian McKim	....	breakdown and inbetween artist
Mike McKinney	....	key assistant animator (as Michael G. McKinney)
Rob Minkoff	....	supervising animator (as Robert Minkoff)
Edward Murrieta	....	breakdown and inbetween artist
Terry Naughton	....	breakdown and inbetween artist
Phil Nibbelink	....	character animator
Matthew O'Callaghan	....	character animator
Matthew O'Callaghan	....	storyboard artist
Madlyn O'Neill	....	final checker
Dave Pacheco	....	key assistant animator
Gilda Palinginis	....	assistant animator
Elyse Pastel	....	assistant layout artist
Michael Peraza Jr.	....	layout artist (as Michael A. Peraza Jr.)
Andrew Phillipson	....	background artist
Philip Phillipson	....	background artist
Tina Price	....	key assistant animator
Ruben Procopio	....	key assistant animator
David Pruiksma	....	character animator
Sylvia Roemer	....	color modeler
Maria Rosetti	....	assistant animator
Carmen Sanderson	....	ink and paint supervisor
Brian Sebern	....	background artist
Natasha Selfridge	....	key assistant animator (as Natasha A. Selfridge)
Toby Shelton	....	assistant animator
Walt Stanchfield	....	coordinating animator
Betty Stark	....	ink and paint supervisor
David Stephan	....	key assistant animator
Rusty Stoll	....	assistant animator
Brigitte Strother	....	color modeler
Dave Suding	....	coordinating animator
Richard Sullivan	....	scene planner (as Richard T. Sullivan)
Dan Tanaka	....	breakdown and inbetween artist
Barry Temple	....	character animator
Peggy Tonkonogy	....	assistant animator
Alex Topete	....	breakdown and inbetween artist
Donald Towns	....	background artist (as Donald A. Towns)
Jane Tucker	....	key assistant animator
Cyndee Whitney	....	character animator
Chuck Williams	....	coordinating animator
Kirk Wise	....	assistant animator
Ellen Woodbury	....	assistant animator
Phillip Young	....	character animator (as Phil Young)
Jennifer Yuan	....	assistant layout artist
Cathy Zar	....	breakdown and inbetween artist
Kathy Zielinski	....	character animator
Stephan Zupkas	....	key assistant animator
Debra Armstrong	....	assistant animator (uncredited)
William H. Frake III	....	layout artist (uncredited)
Tanya Moreau-Smith	....	paint checker (uncredited)
Jeff Richards	....	background artist (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Phil Hetos	....	color timer

Music Department
Jack Hayes	....	orchestrator
Henry Mancini	....	conductor
Henry Mancini	....	orchestrator
John Richards	....	music engineer
Jack Wadsworth	....	music editor

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Feature Animation
• Silver Screen Partners II
• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (1986) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Pictures
• Finnkino
• Gativideo (198?) (Argentina) (VHS)

Other Companies

• CBS Television City  music recording studio

Also Known As:

Basil - The Great Mouse Detective (International: English title)
Basil of Baker Street (UK)
The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective (USA) (reissue title)

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Philippines:G | Iceland:L | Portugal:M/6 | New Zealand:G | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:7 | UK:U | USA:G | West Germany:6 | Canada:G

Company:

Walt Disney Feature Animation

Trivia:

As Toby races to Buckingham Palace with Basil and Dawson in tow, he runs in front of a horse drawn carriage. The animation of the carriage is of the pound wagon from Lady and the Tramp (1955), as it was being stopped by Jock and Trusty in the climax.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end of the film, in the first two cuts (opening the door and close-up) of the Lady Mouse from Hampstead, she has a mole on her left. But in all the other scenes after that, the mole has vanished. Of course, her eyes are shaped differently, too.

Quotes:

Basil: Now, Toby, sit!
[Toby doesn't sit]
Basil: [sternly] Toby... sit!
Olivia Flaversham: Sit, Toby!
[Toby sits]
Basil: Good boy...

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#28.15)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Goodbye So Soon (Reprise)

A very cute Disney movie, one of my favorites!

The Great Mouse Detective is one of my favorite Disney films of all time, it's also one of the most under rated in my opinion. I think just because I love the story so much and it always brought up good memories, this was the funniest Disney animated movie I had seen at the time. It's just such a cute film, it has fun animation, catchy songs, and such a touching story that anyone could easily fall in love with. My parents and I watched this movie together all the time when I was a child, still to this day, I don't mind sitting down to watch it, it's just that much fun.

A young little mouse girl and her toy shop father are celebrating her birthday, but her father is quickly taken away by a rotten gang of mice who are led by a giant rat, Ratigan, who is planning to over throw the queen and become leader of the mouse world. Olivia, the daughter, goes to Basil of Baker Street, he's a mad detective who has been chasing Ratigan for a long time. Along with the help of an average mouse, Dr. Dawson, Olivia, and Basil go after Ratigan to make sure that his plan fails.

The Great Mouse Detective is such a cute film. I'm very sure that you'll enjoy it, it's one of my personal favorites, I really do think this is one of the better Disney films and is an under rated treasure. I just loved Basil, his madness was just so funny and enjoyable to watch. I also loved Ratigan's song of why he is so great, not to mention how he thinks he's a mouse is just priceless. This is a fun family film to watch, I highly recommend it.

10/10