The Great Mouse Detective | |
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Directed by | Ron Clements Burny Mattinson Dave Michener John Musker |
Written by | Eve Titus (original stories) |
Screenplay by | Peter Young Vance Gerry Steve Hulett John Musker Ron Clements |
Produced by | Burny Mattinson |
Starring | Barrie Ingham Val Bettin Vincent Price Susanne Pollatschek Candy Candido Alan Young |
Music by | Henry Mancini |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
Release date | July 2, 1986 |
Running time | 74 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $14 million[1] |
Box office | $38,625,550[1] |
The Great Mouse Detective is a 1986 American animated movie. It was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. It was first released to movie theaters in the United States on July 2, 1986 and co-produced with Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 26th animated movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. The main characters are all mice (except Ratigan, who is a rat) living in Victorian London. The Great Mouse Detective was the first Disney animated movie to be released under Disney's current animation studio Walt Disney Feature Animation.
The movie is based on the children's book series Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus. It is also similar to the stories about Sherlock Holmes.