Basil, The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

**Basil, The Great Mouse Detective (1986)** is a UK VHS release by Walt Disney Home Video on 7th September 1992 and 12th July 1993. It got re-released by Disney Videos on 15th May 1995 and it is a UK DVD and VHS release by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on 18th November 2002.

## Cast

* Barrie Ingham as Basil, a brilliant mouse detective.
	+ Ingham also voices Bartholomew, a drunken lackey of Ratigan's.
* Vincent Price as Professor Ratigan, Basil's long-established arch-enemy.
* Val Bettin as Major Dr. David Q. Dawson, previously of the Queen's 66th Regiment in Afghanistan. He eventually becomes Basil's associate, friend, and personal biographer. Dawson also serves as the film's narrator.
	+ Bettin also voices one of Ratigan's thugs.
* Susanne Pollatschek as Olivia Flaversham, a young Scottish mouse who seeks Basil's help in finding her father.
* Candy Candido as Fidget, Ratigan's bumbling bat right-hand henchman who has a crippled wing and a peg leg. As a result of his crippled wing, he cannot fly.
	+ Candido also voices a reprobate in the pub.
* Alan Young as Mr. Flaversham, Olivia's affectionate Scottish father who owns a toy shop.
* Diana Chesney as Mrs. Judson, Basil's housekeeper who is often exasperated by his antics.
* Eve Brenner as Queen Mousetoria, the mouse Queen of the United Kingdom, whom Ratigan attempts to depose.
* Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, the famous human detective who lives above Basil. His voice is taken from the 1966 Caedmon Records recording of the Sherlock Holmes story "The Red-Headed League".
* Laurie Main as Dr. Watson, the medical associate/partner of Sherlock Holmes, who also lives above Basil. Unlike Rathbone, voice samples of Nigel Bruce were not used for the voice of Watson as he had died in 1953.
* Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Val Bettin, Bill Farmer, William Windom and Walker Edmiston as Ratigan's Thugs.
* Melissa Manchester as Miss Kitty Mouse, who sings "Let Me Be Good To You".
* Shani Wallis as Lady Mouse
* Ellen Fitzhugh as Bar Maid
* Walker Edmiston as Citizen
* Mel Blanc as The Horses
* Charles Fleischer as Various Voices

## Songs

* The World's Greatest Criminal Mind
* Let Me Be Good to You
* Goodbye So Soon

## Credits

Produced in Association with

SILVER SCREEN PARTNERS II

Music by

HENRY MANCINI

Produced by

BURNY MATTINSON

WALT DISNEY

Directed by

JON MUSKER RON CLEMENTS

BURNY MATTINSON DAVE MICHENER

Story Adapted by

PETE YOUNG VANCE GERRY

STEVE HULETT RON CLEMENTS

JOHN MUSKER BRUCE M. MORRIS

MATTHEW O'CALLAGHAN BURNY MATTINSON

DAVE MICHENER MELVIN SHAW

Based on the

"Basil Of Baker Street"

Book Series by EVE TITUS and PAUL GALDONE

Supervising Animators

MARK HEHN

GLEN KEANE

ROBERT MINKOFF

HENDEL BUTOY

Animation Consultant

ERIC LARSON

Characters Animators

MATTHEW O’CALLAGHAN MIKE GABRIEL

RUBEN A. AQUINO JAY JACKSON

KATHY ZIELINSKI DOUG KROHN

PHIL NIBBLELINK ANDREAS DEJA

PHIL YOUNG SHAWN KELLER

RON HUSBAND JOSEPH LANZISERO

RICK FARMILOE DAVID PRUIKSMA

SANDRA BORGMEYER CYNDEE WHITNEY

BARRY TEMPLE DAVID BLOCK

ED GOMBERT STEVEN E. GORDON

Art Direction

GUY VASILOVICH

Layout Artists

DAN HANSEN DAVID A. DUNNET

KAREN A. KELLER GIL DICCICO

MICHAEL A. PERAZA, JR. ED GHERTNER

Color Styling

JIM COLEMAN

Background Artists

DONALD A. TOWNS LISA L. KEENE

JOHN EMERSON BRIAN SERBAN

MICHAEL HUMPHRIES TIA KRATTER

ANDREW PHILLIPSON PHILIP PHILLIPSON

Effects Animators

TED C. KIERSCEY KELVIN YUSADA

DAVE BOSSERT PATRICIA PERAZA

MARK DINDAL

Coordinating Animators

TOM FERRITER DAVE SUNDING

CHUCK WILLIAMS WALT STANCHFIELD

BILL BERG

Editors

ROY M. BREWER, JR.

JAMES MELTON

Music Editor

JACK WADSWORTH

Assistant Directors

TIMOTHY J. O’DONNELL

MARK A. HESTER

Key Assistant Animators

TONY ANSELMO

REED CARDWELL

WESLEY CHUN

BRIAN CLIFT

JESUS CORTES

RETTA DAVIDSON

ANTHONY DeROSA

BARBARA DeROSA

STEPHEN HICKNER

RICHARD HOPPE

MARTIN KORTH

JEFFREY LYNCH

MICHAEL G. McKINNEY

DAVID McPACHECO

TINA PRICE

RUBEN PROCOPIO

NATASHA A. SELFRIDGE

DAVID STEPHAN

JANE TUCKER

LURELINE WEATHERLY

STEPHEN ZUPKAS

Assistant Animators

DENISE FORD

GAIL FRANK

JUNE F. FUJIMOTO

TERREY HAMADA

RAY HARRIS

GILDA PALINGINIS

MARIA ROSETTI

TOBY SHELTON

KAAREN SPOONER

RUSTY STOLL

PEGGY TONKONOGY

KIRK WISE

ELLEN WOODBURY

Effects Assistant Animators

ROLANDO B. MERCADO

STEVE STARR

JOHN TUCKER

Assistant Layout Artists

RASOUL AZADANI

MARK G. KALESNIKO

DAN McHUGH

ELYSE PASTEL

JENNIFER YUAN

Breakdown and Inbetween Artists

SCOTT ANDERSON

JUDITH BARNES

EDWARD B. GORAL

PETER A. GULLERUD

CHRISTINE HARDING

MICHAEL HOROWITZ

MARCIA Y. KIMURA

MONA KOTH

CHRISTINE LIFFERS

STEPHEN L. LUBIN

DAVID P. MARTIN

BRIAN McKIM

EDWARD MURRIETA

TERRY NAUGHTON

LORI M. NODA

DAN TANAKA

ALEX TOPETE

CATHY ZAR

Animation Camera Operator

ED AUSTIN

Ink & Paint Supervisors

GRETCHEN L. ALBRETCH

BILL BRAZNER

JANET BRUCE

HORTENSIA M. CASAGRAN

CARMEN SANDERSON

BETTY STARK

Painting Assistants

PENNY CAMPSIE

GINNI MACK

Color Models

CINDY FINN

DEBBIE JORGENSBURG

SYLVIA ROEMER

BRIGITTE STROTHER

Scene Planning Planners

GLEEN HIGA

RICHARD T. SULLIVAN

Computer Generated Graphics

TAD A. GIELOW

Additional Voice Talents of

BASIL RATHBONE Sherlock Holmes

LAURIE MAIN Watson

SHANI WALLIS Lady Mouse

ELLEN FITZHUGH Bar Maid

WALKER EDMISTON Citizen

BARRIE INGHAM Bartholomew

Thug Guards

WAYNE ALLWINE TONY ANSELMO

VAL BETTIN WALKER EDMISTON

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## Opening (Original 1992 release)

1. Blue Warning screen (1990-1992)
2. Coming Soon from Walt Disney Home Video
3. Cinderella trailer [announced by Mark Elliott]
4. Also Available from Walt Disney Home Video
5. Walt Disney Classics children's trailer from 1992 [announced by Brian Cummings]
6. The Prince and the Pauper [announced by Brian Cummings]
7. Disney Premiere Cinema Presents logo
8. Beauty and the Beast (1991) trailer [announced by Mark Elliott]
9. Euro Disney Resort Paris TV Advert [announced by Bob McGrath]
10. Stay Tuned After the End of the Main Feature, for a Special Preview of one of our fourth coming releases from Disney’s Sing-Along Songs [announced by Enn Reitel]
11. Walt Disney Home Video Ident (1986-1995)
12. Walt Disney Pictures logo (1985-2006)
13. Start of The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

## Closing (Original 1992 release)

1. End of The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
2. Closing Credits Film
3. Walt Disney Pictures logo (silent) (1985-2006)
4. Coming Soon from Walt Disney Home Video (Blue background)
5. Disney’s Sing-Along Songs: You Can Fly! From Peter Pan
6. ”Colonel Hathi’s March Song” From The Jungle Book

## Opening (1993 Re-release)

1. Blue Warning screen (1990-1992)
2. National Captioning Institute Warning Screen (1993-1995)
3. Also Available from Walt Disney Home Video
4. Peter Pan trailer [announced by Pat Sharp]
5. Coming Soon from Walt Disney Home Video
6. Beauty and the Beast trailer [announced by Pat Sharp]
7. The New Adventures of The Little Mermaid trailer [announced by Paul McKenna] (UK Pitched)
8. Stay Tuned (1993-1994) [announced by Paul McKenna]
9. Walt Disney Home Video Ident (1986-1995)
10. Walt Disney Pictures logo (1985-2006)
11. Start of The Great Mouse Mouse Detective (1986)

## Closing (1993 Re-release)

1. End of The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
2. Closing Credits Film
3. Walt Disney Pictures logo (silent) (1985-2006)
4. A Muppet Moment trailer: Spaghetti clip

## Opening (1995 Re-release)

1. Blue Warning screen (1992-1995)
2. National Captioning Institute Warning Screen (1993-1995)
3. Also Available from Disney Videos (announced by John Sachs)
4. Pinocchio trailer (announced by John Sachs)
5. Walt Disney Classics Range Early 1995 (announced by John Sachs) (UK Pitched)
6. Coming Soon from Disney Videos [announced by John Sachs]
7. Growing Up With Winnie the Pooh Videos [announced by John Sachs]
8. Stay Tuned (1995-1996) [announced by John Sachs]
9. Disney Videos Ident (1995-2001)
10. Walt Disney Pictures logo (1985-2006)
11. Start of The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

## Closing (1995 Re-release)

1. End of The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
2. Closing Credits Film
3. Walt Disney Pictures logo (silent) (1985-2006)
4. Coming Soon from Disney Videos [announced by John Sachs]
5. The Lion King trailer [announced by John Sachs]
6. Watch Out for Future Releases from Disney Videos [announced by John Sachs]

## Trailers and info

### Original 1992 release

#### **Opening**

1. Cinderella (Coming to Home Video) (announced by Mark Elliott)
2. Walt Disney Classics children's trailer from 1992 with clips of "Bedknobs and Broomsticks", "Pete's Dragon" and "Mary Poppins". (announced by Brian Cummings)
3. The Prince and the Pauper (announced by Brian Cummings)
4. Beauty and the Beast (Coming Soon to a Cinema Near You) (announced by Mark Elliott)
5. Euro Disney Resort Paris Late 1992 (UK) (with voiceover: Bob McGrath)

#### **Closing**

1. The Jungle Book - Colonel Hathi's March (music video)

### 1993 Re-release

#### **Opening**

1. Peter Pan (On Video) (1993)
2. Beauty and the Beast (And this September this Tale as Old as Time will be Here for a Limited Time on Video) (Voiceover by Pat Sharp)
3. The New Adventures of The Little Mermaid Videos trailer from 1993 with clips of "A Whale of a Tale", "Stormy, The Wild Seahorse" and "Double Bubble". (Voiceover: Paul McKenna)

#### **Closing**

1. A Muppet Moment (spaghetti clip) (Jim Henson Video - Coming Early 1994)

### 1995 Re-release

#### **Opening**

1. Pinocchio (Coming to Video) (announced by John Sachs)
2. Walt Disney Classics Range children's trailer from Early 1995 with clips of "Basil, The Great Mouse Detective", "The Sword in the Stone" and "Bedknobs and Broomsticks".
3. Growing Up with Winnie the Pooh Videos with clips of "Making Friends", "Sharing and Caring", and "Helping Others".

#### **Closing**

1. The Lion King (Coming to Video + Roaring onto Video Soon) (Coming Soon to Video) (announced by John Sachs)

## Trailers and info (DVD)

1. Walt Disney Classics Collection on Disney DVD and Video with clips of "The Fox and the Hound", "Oliver and Company", "The Aristocats", "Dumbo", "Pocahontas", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Bedknobs and Broomsticks", "Pete's Dragon", "The Rescuers Down Under" and "The Rescuers". (announced by Rupert Farley)
2. Peter Pan: Return to Never Land (On Disney DVD and Video) (with voiceover: John Sparkes)
3. 101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure (Only on Disney DVD and Video) [announced by Ward Saxton]