BASIL, THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE (aka THE GREAT
MOUSE DETECTIVE)Â (PG)
D: John Musker, Ron Clements, Dave Michener &
Burny Mattinson
Walt Disney/Silver Screen Partners II (Burny
Mattinson)
USA 🇺🇸 1986
80 mins
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Animated
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W: Pete Young, Steven Hulett, John Musker, Matthew
O'Callaghan, Dave Michener, Vance Gerry, Ron Clements, Bruce Morris, Melvin Shaw & Burny Mattinson [based on the novel 'Basil Of Baker Street' by Eve Titus]
Mus: Henry Mancini
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voices of: Barrie Ingham (Basil), Vincent Price
(Professor Rattigan), Val Bettin (Dr. David Q. Dawson), Susanne Pollatschek (Olivia Flaversham)
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Animated version of Sherlock Holmes, featuring a mouse
as a proxy for the great fictional detective, on the case of the missing person and preventing a royal assassination, both plots masterminded by the evil Professor Rattigan.
This is one of the few animated films to surface from
Disney during their sullen period of the 1980's. Â It's actually quite good, but nowhere near as good as the old classics or the output during the 1990's.
6/10