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Name: The Great Mouse Detective
Director: Ron Clements
Genre: adventure, animation, crime, family, mystery
Released: 1986
Duration: 1 h 14 min
Rating: 7.1

The Great Mouse Detective has an iRankMovies score of 73.5/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

London's crime-fighting ace on his most baffling case!

Release:1986

Runtime:1h 14m

Country:United States

Director:Ron Clements, John Musker, Burny Mattinson, David Michener

Language:English

Genre

AdventureAnimationCrime

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Keywords

London England detectiveQueenMousevillainVictorian EnglandThugCartoon Mouse

iRank74

The Great Mouse Detective rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.1/10· 58K votes

Rotten Tomatoes79%

Metacritic73%

TMDb7.055/10· 2K votes

With 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.1/10 on IMDb and 73/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About The Great Mouse Detective

When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London's master toymaker, the brilliant master of disguise Basil of Baker Street and his trusted sidekick Dawson try to elude the ultimate trap and foil the perfect crime.

Cast of The Great Mouse Detective

Barrie Ingham
as Basil of Baker Street / Bartholomew (voice)
Vincent Price
as Professor Ratigan (voice)
Val Bettin
as Dr. David Q. Dawson / Thug Guard (voice)
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Susanne Pollatschek
as Olivia Flaversham (voice)
Candy Candido
as Fidget (voice)
Diana Chesney
as Mrs. Judson (voice)
Eve Brenner
as The Mouse Queen (voice)
Alan Young
as Mr. Flaversham (voice)
Basil Rathbone
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
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Ellen Fitzhugh
as Bar Maid (voice)
Walker Edmiston
as Citizen / Thug Guard (voice)
Wayne Allwine
as Thug Guard (voice)

The Great Mouse Detective facts

Budget: $14M
Box office: $38.6M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Charming animated adventure delivers clever mystery with Victorian-era charm appeal
•Well-crafted animation brings whimsical rodent characters to vivid entertaining life
•Family-friendly narrative includes humor and intrigue for audiences across age groups

What the audience disliked

•Slower pacing and softer stakes may not engage audiences seeking intense action
•Animation style feels dated compared to modern studio animation technical achievements