# The Great Mouse Detective (Original 1986 Version)

I added an obscure clip of the 1985 Walt Disney Pictures castle film logo to represent what the film was like from its 1986 release. The original film title from its recent restoration was featured here. 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…

- Kind: Cartoon
- Year: 1986
- By: Walt Disney Pictures
- Genres: Animation, Drama, Crime, Children's, Adventure, Fantasy
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/great-mouse-detective-original)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/great-mouse-detective-original?play=1)