Premiere Date:
July 2, 1986

Running Time:
74 Minutes

Rated: G

The adventures of a mouse, Basil of Baker Street, who is called on to search for a toymaker, Flaversham, who has been kidnapped to make a robot replica of the queen for the evil Ratigan. Basil, aided by Dr. Dawson, helps the toymaker's daughter, Olivia, search for her father. They foil Ratigan's plot and eventually save the queen.

CHARACTER

VOICE TALENT

Basil

Barrie Ingham

Dr. Dawson
(Dr. David Q. Dawson)

Val Bettin

Fidget

Candy Candido

Olivia Flaversham

Susanne Pollatschek 

Flaversham 

 Alan Young

Ms. Judson 

Diana Chesney

 Ratigan

 Vincent Price

Queen Moustoira 

Eve Brenner

Based on the book "Basil of Baker Street" by Eve Titus.

DIRECTORS

 John Musker
Ron Clements
Dave Michener
Burny Mattinson

SCORE COMPOSER 

Henry Mancini

LYRICISTS

 Larry Grossman
Ellen Fitzhugh

SONGS WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY

Melissa Manchester

Basil, Dr. Dawson, Fidget, Olivia, Flaversham,
Ms. Judson, Ratigan, Queen Moustoira

"Let Me Be Good To You", "The World's Greatest Criminal Mind"

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N/A

Home Video

July 23, 2002

(Pre-Order)

DVD

July 23, 2002

(Pre-Order)

LaserDisc

Soundtrack

 Disney DVD Extras:

The Making Of The Great Mouse Detective; Clock Cleaners Animated Short - Donald's Crime Animated Short; The World's Greatest Criminal Mind; The Great Mouse Detective Scrapbook

Basil's Home Away From Home

GMD: Disney's Underappreciated 26th Animated Film

No Spin-Offs Found

Story Development took around four years to complete, and animation only took around one year. The short production schedule was due to the help of new efficiencies, such as video tests and computer-assisted layout and graphics.

A total of 125 artists were involved in making the film. Computer technology can be seen during the climactic scene where Basil faces Ratigan inside the gearworks of Big Ben. The 54 moving gears, winches, ratchets, beams, and pulleys were drawn by the computer, and created a unique background for the characters.

"The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective", 1992 reissue title.