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The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
The Great Mouse Detective
Date:
July 2, 1986
Type:
Movie
Genres:
Animation, Child/Family
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The Great Mouse Detective is a 1986 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. Based on the children's book series Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus, it 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 the Red-Headed League, was the voice of Holmes in this film, 19 years after his death). Interestingly, Sherlock Holmes also mentions "Basil" as one of his aliases in the Conan Doyle story "The Adventure of Black Peter".
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