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Title: The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
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Cast
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| Vincent Price | ... |
Professor Ratigan
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Barrie Ingham | ... |
Basil of Baker Street /
Bartholomew
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Val Bettin | ... |
Dr. David Q. Dawson /
Thug Guard
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Susanne Pollatschek | ... |
Olivia Flaversham
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Candy Candido | ... |
Fidget
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Diana Chesney | ... |
Mrs. Judson
(voice)
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| Eve Brenner | ... |
The Mouse Queen
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| Alan Young | ... |
Hiram Flaversham
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| Basil Rathbone | ... |
Sherlock Holmes
(voice) (archive sound)
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Laurie Main | ... |
Dr. Watson
(voice) (archive sound)
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| Shani Wallis | ... |
Lady Mouse
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Ellen Fitzhugh | ... |
Bar Maid
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Walker Edmiston | ... |
Citizen /
Thug Guard
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| Wayne Allwine | ... |
Thug Guard
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Tony Anselmo | ... |
Thug Guard
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
In Victorian London, England, a little mouse girl's toymaker father is abducted by a peglegged bat. She enlists the aid of Basil of Baker Street, the rodent world's answer to Sherlock Holmes. The case expands as Basil uncovers the crime's link to a plot against the Crown itself. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
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London's crime-fighting ace on his most baffling case! See more »Parents Guide:
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Details
Country:
USARelease Date:
2 July 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective See more »Box Office
Budget:
$14,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$38,600,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Technical Specs
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Sound Mix:
Dolby StereoColor:
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1.78 : 1 / (high definition)
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Olivia Flaversham, Dr. Dawson: Flaversham!
Basil: Whatever.
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Written and Performed by Melissa Manchester
Produced by Robbie Buchanan
Courtesy of MCA Records, Inc.
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The first meeting between Basil and Dawson where Basil guesses he came from Afganistan and gives a complicated explanation how he assume it, mirrors first meeting between Holmes and Watson in Arthur Conan Doyle's "A Study in Scarlet" (the first Holmes novel) where Holmes does the same thing. See more »Goofs
During the "Let Me Be Good To You" scene, when Dr. Dawson dances on stage with the girl mice, the lead singer grabs him by his right arm and swings him around. Suddenly, she's holding his left arm and his head has turned completely around. See more »Quotes
Basil: Miss Flamchester!Olivia Flaversham, Dr. Dawson: Flaversham!
Basil: Whatever.
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Soundtracks
Let Me Be Good To YouWritten and Performed by Melissa Manchester
Produced by Robbie Buchanan
Courtesy of MCA Records, Inc.
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I enjoy this film for one main thing, besides the attention to detail concerning Victorian England...the performance of Vincent Price as Ratigan in his scenery-chewing glory. Yes, it's another mice-beneath-your-feet story, but it's so well done. Holmesians will enjoy it's inside jokes and references to other works about the famous fictional sleuth.
Fans of "Ducktales" may note that Alan Young, the voice of toymaker Hiram Flaversham, parlayed his near-perfect Scottish accent into being appointed the official voice of Scrooge McDuck.
But it's Vincent Price in what he later called one of his most favorite roles ever (He even had two original songs written for him!) that draws me back to this film again and again. He clearly enjoyed this role, and the exaggerated movements of Ratigan are obviously his.
An oddly gothic cartoon from Disney, and well worth viewing.