Animation· 1986· Musical

The Great Mouse Detective

by Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, John Musker, David Michener

The Great Mouse Detective: it draws on 1 recorded source.

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Sherlock Holmes

Short Story · 1887

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Basil of Baker Street is a mouse Sherlock Holmes living beneath 221B; Holmes and Watson appear in silhouette in the film, Holmes voiced by Basil Rathbone from a 1966 recording of The Red-Headed League.

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The Great Mouse Detective

The plot follows a mouse detective who undertakes to help a young mouse find and save her father from the criminal mastermind Professor Ratigan.