1986 American animated mystery film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation
The Great Mouse Detective
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
John Musker
Dave Michener
Ron Clements
Burny Mattinson
Story by
Pete Young
Vance Gerry
Steve Hulett
Ron Clements
John Musker
Bruce M. Morris
Matthew O'Callaghan
Burny Mattinson
Dave Michener
Melvin Shaw
Based on
Basil of Baker Street by
Eve Titus
Paul Galdone
Produced by
Burny Mattinson
Starring
Vincent Price
Barrie Ingham
Val Bettin
Susanne Pollatschek
Candy Candido
Diana Chesney
Eve Brenner
Alan Young
Edited by
Roy M. Brewer Jr.
James Melton
Music by
Henry Mancini
Production companies
Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Feature Animation
Silver Screen Partners II
Distributed by
Buena Vista Distribution
Release date
July 2, 1986 (1986-07-02)
Running time
74 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$14 million[1]
Box office
$38.7 million[1]
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"[2] 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.[3]
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